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Personal info

Full name
SNYDER, Richard Hampton
Date of birth
11 September 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
Hometown
Madison County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
14107803
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
778th Bombardment Squadron,
464th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 July 1944
Place of death
Near Scaieni, Romania

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 12 24

Immediate family

Members
Walter R. Snyder (father)
Mary E. Snyder (mother)
Cathrine L. Snyder (sister)
Joseph E. Snyder (brother)
Mary E. Snyder (sister)
Margaret Snyder (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-78261
Data
Type: B-24G
Nickname: White B
Destination: Ploesti, Romania
Mission: Oil Fields
MACR: 6911

More information

Sgt. Richard H. Snyder was a messenger before he volunteered for the US Army at Fort McClellan, Alabama, on 19 June 1942.

1st Lt Warren H. Taylor:
"I saw a direct hit in mid-section of Lt Folsom’s plane, to the immediate rear of waist windows, which blew the entire tail section from that part apart, completely off the plane. The fore section immediately lurched forward into a steep dive, falling swiftly straight down. The remainder of the tail section fell apart. Watched ship until it fell into smoke below, and no parachutes were seen."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Huntsville Times Sun 28 January 1945