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SNIDER, Jack Odell - Date of
birth
20 October 1922 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Ridgeley, Mineral County, West Virginia -
Hometown
Ridgeley, Mineral County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33566191 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
564th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
24 March 1945 - Place of
death
Wesel, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| N | 15 | 2 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Nealon A. Snider (father)
Margaret L. (Hiett) Snider (mother)
Bernetta M. Snider (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-95240 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: The Old Veteran
Destination: Wesel, Germany
Mission: Supply drop
MACR: 13543
More information
Pvt Jack O. Snider graduated from Fort Ashby High School and was employed by the Fairchild Aircraft Company in Hagerstown.He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 22 March 1943.
Statement of an eyewitness, 2 nd Lt John O. Kellogg:
"Right after target I saw aircraft 42-95240 which was flying off my right wing, nose down, crash and then blow up. Tracers of small arms fire were seen to be fired into the belly of the aircraft. No parachutes was seen, the aircraft was flying at approximately 300 feet."
The entire crew of nine was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.389thbg.net, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - Cumberland Evening Times
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, WWII Young American Patriots