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WILLIAM LEONARD SNODGRASS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1947 – July 4, 1968
Service recordWilliam Leonard Snodgrass, of Gambrills, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Gambrills, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 13
- ALEXANDER ANTHONY ROCZENPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- CHARLES PETER SEARLESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- RAYMOND BEN SHAWNCorporal · July 4, 1968
- DON TYRONE SHEARERLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY D BOWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 7
- EARL EUGENE FAULKNERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 9
- MARSHALL WAYNE FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 9
- EUGENE LYNN MARKWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 11
- WARDELL SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 14
- WILFREDO PANTALEON ZAMORASpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 15
From Gambrills
- MICHAEL E GIBISSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- RAINER LOUIS COLEPrivate First Class · April 3, 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.