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Personal info

Full name
SNYDER, Elwood Clark
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Barker, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
32730491
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
409th Infantry Regiment,
103rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the area of Taintrux near St. Die, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 36 38

Immediate family

Members
Harvey C. Snyder (father)
Mildred M. (Arnold) Snyder (mother)
Leah R. Snyder (sister)
Harold O. Snyder (brother)

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, - 1930/1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Record, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/411th-regiment.html, - Unit Journal for November 1944, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/assets/mr-409-g-by-name.pdf
Photo source: Erik Snijder, www.findagrave.com - Frogman