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THOMAS EDWARD SNOWDEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 8, 1949 – May 15, 1971
Service recordThomas Edward Snowden, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 36
- CLYDE DAVISSpecialist Four · May 15, 1971
- STEPHEN JAMES HADLEYSergeant · May 15, 1971
- CHARLES THOMAS MEADOWSSpecialist Four · May 15, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WINTERSSpecialist Four · May 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 36
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WINTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 36
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.