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THOMAS DEAN SNYDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 26, 1944 – August 10, 1969
Service recordThomas Dean Snyder, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 127
- CHARLES BENJAMIN SEMINARAStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1969
- JOHN STEVEN SERATTECorporal · August 10, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN SHERIDANPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- LARRY JAMES TALLEYWarrant Officer 1 · August 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEVI LESTER ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 121
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 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.