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SAMMIE RAY SNEED JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 28, 1943 – March 14, 1968
Service recordSammie Ray Sneed JR, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 53
- WILLIAM EDWARD PRICESergeant · March 14, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM RIORDANPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- RAUL ROBLEDOCorporal · March 14, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ADOLFO AGUILARSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 46
- DONALD EUGENE KIDDSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 47
- THOMAS GEORGE KOLINSKISecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 48
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 48
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 48
- JOHN R MEDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 49
- RONALD GENE MCCRAWSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 51
- WILLIAM EDWARD PRICESergeant · Panel 44E, Line 53
- RAUL ROBLEDOCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 53
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 53
- LARRY EUGENE WELCHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 55
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
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.