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TERRIL WAYDE SNELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1950 – December 8, 1969
Service recordTerril Wayde Snelson, of Lakeside, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Lakeside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 40
- GERALD RAYDINE ROSSSpecialist Four · December 8, 1969
- KENNETH BRUCE SESSUMSSergeant · December 8, 1969
- FLOYD G TALLEYSpecialist Five · December 8, 1969
- ROYCE WILLIAM TRUSSELL JRSergeant · December 8, 1969
From Lakeside
- NELSON F PULSIFER JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ERNEST WELCHPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- ROY LEE ESTRADASergeant · March 18, 1968
- DONALD GENE JACKSONLance Corporal · April 23, 1968
- HERBERT WALLACE ROLEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
- LARRY ANTHONY SALMONCorporal · June 4, 1970
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.