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NORMAN EDWARD SNODGRASS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1945 – August 15, 1965
Service recordNorman Edward Snodgrass, of Webster Groves, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 53
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- December 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Webster Groves, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 53
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
From Webster Groves
- LAWRENCE ANDRE DIRNBERGERSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1967
- WILLIAM HAROLD WALTERSSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- JOHN MARSHALL SNYDER JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- RALPH JOSEPH LUEBBERS JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE SHEPPARDPrivate · September 20, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIEL WINKELPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- VICTOR JOHN CARTIERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- TIMOTHY KIM LECLAIRFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR WINFREYCorporal · August 7, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.