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Personal info

Full name
SNYDER, George Myer
Date of birth
6 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
31459936
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Bad Sulza, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 1 54

Immediate family

Members
Barney Snyder (father)
Thresa Snyder (mother)
Max Snyder (brother)
Edith Snyder (sister)

More information

Pfc George M. Snyder enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 30 March 1944. He attended high school for 4 years and was a sales clerk before he enlisted. He was married.

Pfc Snyder was taken POW in the vicinity of Sankt-Vith, Belgium on 21 December 1944. He died of pneumonia in the POW Camp Stalag 9C.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, Jeff Hays, WWII Draft Card, 106th Infantry Division Association

Photo source: Peter Schouteten