Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
SNYDER, Robert Franklin "Bob"
Date of birth
26 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13184655
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 91

Immediate family

Members
Frederic C. Snyder (father)
Alma M. (Zinck) Snyder (mother)
Mary E. Snyder (sister)
Jean K. Snyder (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert F. Snyder graduated from high school in 1941 and attended college for one year before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve at State College, Pennsylvania on 26 October 1942. He was sent to England in May 1944 and in July 1944 transferred to France.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

He is remembered at the Friedens Lutheran Church Cemetery in Buttonwood, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Priest Heyler Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Kenneth and Cynthia Love / Backroad Traveler / Chery Horton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Backroad Traveler / TSOtime