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ROBERT LEE SNYDER
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1929 – May 10, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Snyder, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 87
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 26, 1929
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 87
- DAVID KEALOHA SUAPAIALance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- NICHOLAS ALLEN TAGUECorporal · May 10, 1967
- FRED EUGENE TATELance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- JOHN CULLEN TATEPetty Officer Third Class · May 10, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.