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RICHARD ATWOOD SNOWDON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1938 – September 17, 1969
Service recordRichard Atwood Snowdon, of West Columbia, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 106
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1938
- Home of record
- West Columbia, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 106
- THEODORE VAN SKILESWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1969
- SCOTT PHILIP SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM STARKEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- ERICH LINWOOD TIDWELLPrivate · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BURK BISHOPStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 100
- DALE J CRITTENBERGERColonel · Panel 18W, Line 101
- WILLIAM ANDREW FITCHSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 102
- GARY LEE HAUGHTSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 102
- DAVID RANDELL MACKEYMajor · Panel 18W, Line 103
- ROBERT P MAYERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 103
- DANA WESSON MITCHELLMajor · Panel 18W, Line 104
- DONALD WILLIAM DIETZCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 105
- WILLIAM TERREL MCNAIRMajor · Panel 18W, Line 105
- LEO PETER SIKORSKILieutenant Colonel · Panel 18W, Line 105
From West Columbia
- WILLIAM EDWARD TEERLance Corporal · September 13, 1966
- MERLE BRUCE MORROWLance Corporal · November 27, 1967
- JOE THOMAS SHUMPERTSpecialist Five · December 25, 1967
- JOSEPH WALTER RICHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
- BRADY WILLIAM HERRINGSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- CARL LEWIS HOLDERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- GERALD RALPH PUGHCorporal · July 5, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 5, 1970
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.