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Personal info

Full name
SNIDER, Wilburn Syble
Date of birth
13 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Sasakwa, Seminole County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Kern County, California

Military service

Service number
39723176
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Near St. Michel-sur-Meurthe – Denipaire, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 39 22

Immediate family

Members
James O. Snider (father)
Rosa B. (Stewart) Snider (mother)
Ruby Snider (sister)
Jewell D. Snider (sister)
Betty R. Snider (sister)

More information

Pvt Wilburn S. Snider worked on the family farm.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 7 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy