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THOMAS WAYNE SNYDER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1950 – April 16, 1969
Service recordThomas Wayne Snyder, of Millville, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 98
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Millville, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 98
- ROBERT LEE BITTINGER JRCorporal · April 17, 1969
- ROY EVERETT BRIGHTSergeant · April 17, 1969
- KENNETH R BULLSergeant · April 17, 1969
- JOHN JAMES CORWIN IICorporal · April 17, 1969
From Millville
- DONALD KENNEBUNK SPRINGSTEADAHTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY MUSSELMANPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- SALUM EDWARD CHARD JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- ROBERT LEE SHEPPARD JRSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH VICHOSKY JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 1971
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.