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STEPHEN ALLEN SNIDOW
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 12, 1948 – August 12, 1969
Service recordStephen Allen Snidow, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 24
- GARRY GREGORY SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- GEORGE EUGENE SNYDERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
- LEONARD PETER SPARKMANLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 8
- DENNY RAY LAPPINStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 17
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 17
- AARON BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 23
- MILLARD PRESTON WHEELERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 27
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 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.