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RODGER CLAYBORN SNYDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – February 7, 1967
Service recordRodger Clayborn Snyder, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 7
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR OLSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- GEORGE KENTON SISLERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1967
- HAROLD EUGENE STIGERMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- CLARENCE JOSEPH SWEENEYCaptain · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY BREWINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 3
- BRADLEY TIMOTHY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 3
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 3
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.