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ROCKY RAND SNYDER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1948 – March 30, 1967
Service recordRocky Rand Snyder, of St Johns, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- St Johns, Michigan (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 76
- DAVID ALAN SIEMONCorporal · March 30, 1967
- DENNIS CARROLL STROUDPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- FRANK HERBERT THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN WALTRICHPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
From St Johns
- RONALD JAMES FITCHPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- BERNARD JOSEPH NEWHOUSEPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1968
- DUANE AULDON DOWNINGSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- BRENT ROBIN LAWSergeant · July 21, 1970
- RICHARD DALE RANDOLPHSergeant · February 1, 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.