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RALEIGH JOHN SNELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1949 – December 16, 1969
Service recordRaleigh John Snell JR, of Flushing, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 65
- TERRY LEE PERZCorporal · December 16, 1969
- ROY LEE ROYSTONSergeant · December 16, 1969
- LEONARD JAMES SUGIMOTOWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1969
- AARON WALKERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DEAN MCMILLENSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 64
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.