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STEPHEN FRANCIS SNYDER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1943 – August 24, 1966
Service recordStephen Francis Snyder, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- March 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Sunbury, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 34
- ANTHONY JOSEPH ABRUZESESpecialist Four · August 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES TARSIStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- TERRY LEE ALEXANDERSpecialist Five · August 25, 1966
From Sunbury
- MICHAEL PAUL RICELieutenant · September 13, 1972
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.