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THOMAS RANKIN SNAITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1943 – January 26, 1967
Service recordThomas Rankin Snaith, of Oradell, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 83
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Oradell, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 83
- JAMES EDWARD MYERSLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- RICHARD NORRIS STANSELLPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DOUGLAS LEE TRACYCorporal · January 26, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
From Oradell
- CHARLES PAUL ELLISPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- ANTHONY BRIAN BATTELWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 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.