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ROBERT MICHAEL SNELL
Captain · U.S. Army
February 14, 1944 – June 14, 1969
Service recordRobert Michael Snell, of Lamesa, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 49
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Lamesa, Texas (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 49
- KIM RAUPACHPrivate First Class · June 14, 1969
- JAMES EVERETT SAWYER JRCorporal · June 14, 1969
- DAVID THOMAS SITTONSergeant · June 14, 1969
- HARVEY NEWTON SLAUGHTERSergeant First Class · June 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES DODGECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 46
- PAUL STEPHEN GOC JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 46
- CUTBURT HURTAULTCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 47
- LOUIS JAMES KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 47
- ARMANDO ALVEREZ MINORSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 48
- MALCOLM EVERETT MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 48
- DAVID ALLEN WORRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 48
- DAVID THOMAS SITTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 49
- RUBEN URDIALEZSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 50
- JOHNNY WILESPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 50
From Lamesa
- EDGAR LEE HAWKINSMajor · September 20, 1965
- GILIVALDO A MARTINEZ JRStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1965
- LUIS GARCIA GONZALES JRCorporal · June 17, 1968
- FELIX DENNIS RIDGEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- JOHN D MARTINSergeant · July 13, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY OAKSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- JAMES DARRELL WADDELLSergeant · April 14, 1971
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.