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ROBERT AMMON SNAVELY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1948 – August 18, 1967
Service recordRobert Ammon Snavely, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 14
- LEO PORTERSpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR COMPTON IIILance Corporal · August 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE BADONPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 10
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 10
- MARVIN DOUGLAS BUCKRIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 10
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 11
- STEPHEN WINFIELD DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 11
- ADAN FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 11
- JOHN CHARLES IMRIESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 12
- THOMAS R KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 12
- KENNETH JAY MANDERFELDPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 12
- FRED W MITCHELL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 13
- LARRY J OROSCOPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 13
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 14
From Lebanon
- PETER CHARLES MOOREPrivate · April 23, 1964
- JAMES IRVIN BOYERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- CARL THOMAS BAALSpecialist Five · November 9, 1965
- RICHARD SAMUEL MOHNCorporal · July 16, 1966
- GARY WAYNE FRIEDMANNSeaman · March 11, 1967
- HAROLD CURTIS NYEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- GARY FRANK DISSINGERCorporal · October 27, 1967
- SOLOMON WILLIAM DEHARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- JOSEPH R WENZLERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MATARAZZI JRCorporal · August 10, 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.