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ROBERT WILLIAM SNYDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1946 – April 7, 1969
Service recordRobert William Snyder, of Springville, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Springville, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 34
- RONALD ALLEN SEHESTEDFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1969
- DOUGLAS S SOUTHER JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR STAPLESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 28
- JAMES MICHAEL DERDACorporal · Panel 27W, Line 29
- THOMAS EUGENE HOOVERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 31
From Springville
- RICHARD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- WILBERT WAYNE CUCHLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- ALVIN LEON GAYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- RAYMON DRAPER HALESSergeant · July 19, 1969
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.