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Personal info

Full name
SNIDER, William Alexander
Date of birth
1 April 1907
Age
38
Place of birth
Johnstown, Johnstown County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
33081552
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
14 June 1945
Place of death
Reims, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 36 31

Immediate family

Members
Park Snider (father)
Mary (Keppler) Snider (mother)
Winifred P. Snider (sister)
Park M. Snider Jr. (brother)
Paul R. Snider (brother)
Vella M. (Hoffman) Snider (wife)
Linda L. Snider (daughter)

More information

Pfc William A. Snider attended Tyrone High School and was a painter.

He enlisted at Fort George G Meade, Maryland on 6 June 1941, being discharged on 28 November 1941. He again entered the service on 16 January 1942.

Assigned to special detail in charge of war prisoners, Snider made 21 trips across the Atlantic and saw service in England, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

He was killed in a vehicle accident in France.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - Altoona Tribune
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy