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Personal info

Full name
SNYDER, Walter Abner
Date of birth
15 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Maiden Creek, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33366073
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Malmedy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Abner F. Snyder (father)
Jennie S. Snyder (mother)
Mabel Snyder (sister)
Helen Snyder (sister)
Morris F. Snyder (brother)
Irvin D. Snyder (brother)
Victor L. Snyder (brother)
Dorothy A. Snyder (sister)
Betty A. Snyder (sister)
Verna E. Snyder (sister)
Thelma V. (Folk) Snyder (wife)
Linda D. Snyder (daughter)

More information

T/5 Walter A. Snyder was employed at Hoffman Brown Works. He enlisted on 2 September 1942 at Allentown, Pennsylvania.

On 23, 24 and 25 December 1944 the city center of Malmedy was bombed repeatedly by the United States Army Air Forces in a series of friendly fire incidents. Approximately 200 civilians were killed in the tragic attacks, while the number of American casualties has never been revealed by the United States Department of Defense. It is estimated that 69 American servicemen lost their lives of which a great number is still listed as missing in action.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com Enlistment Record, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census, www.oldhickory30th.com

Photo source: FOHF