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WOODROW WILSON SNYDER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1944 – December 20, 1969
Service recordWoodrow Wilson Snyder JR, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 75
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 75
- WILLIAM MAYO STEVENSONCorporal · December 20, 1969
- LARRY LESTER WOODSpecialist Four · December 20, 1969
- DOUGLAS WHITING YOUNGLance Corporal · December 20, 1969
- ROY JEFFREY BURKESpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY WAYNE FELDENPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 73
- DAVID WILLIAMS JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 73
- CRAIG DENNIS SMITHSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 74
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
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.