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PRESTON JOHN SNYDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1942 – May 18, 1966
Service recordPreston John Snyder, of San Carlos, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- January 31, 1942
- Home of record
- San Carlos, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 84
- FRANK TIMOTHY SHELTONPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- JIMMY GOETHEL STEWARTStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JERRY MACK WALLAirman First Class · May 18, 1966
- ASTER WATTSSergeant First Class · May 18, 1966
From San Carlos
- DANA RICHARD KELLEYAirman First Class · January 9, 1967
- DAVID WHITTIER MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALDEN VINALSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- MERWIN LAMPHREY MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · August 21, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH TISCORNIASpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW VANPATTENFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1967
- BROCK ROWLAND SCHRAMMPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
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.