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WALTER MURRELL SNEAD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1939 – April 5, 1967
Service recordWalter Murrell Snead, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 108
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 108
- BROOKE MCKAY SHADBURNECaptain · April 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS SUBERTPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- HAROLD LEE TALLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.