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Personal info

Full name
SNAVELY, Donald O
Date of birth
4 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36205860
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 48

Immediate family

Members
Clyde Snavely (father)
Belle Snavely (mother)
Chester Snavely (brother)
Lyla Snavely (sister)
Phyllis Snavely (sister)
Jeanne Snavely (sister)
Elizabeth M. Snavely (wife)

More information

Pfc Donald O. Snavely attended Whitefish High School.

He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 28 March 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/327/327_honor_st.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Milwaukee Journal 12 April 1945