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Personal info

Full name
SNYDER, John
Date of birth
13 April 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Seattle, King County, Washington
Hometown
Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
42085632
Rank
Corporal
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
7th Armored Division,
B Troop
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
Vicinity at or west of Meijel, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 21 1

Immediate family

Members
Otto Snyder (father)
Margaret (Peabody) Snyder (mother)
Robert P. Snyder (brother)
Ellery P. Snyder (brother)
Mary E. (Wold) Snyder (wife)
Susan Snyder (daughter)
Deborah A. Snyder (daughter)

More information

Cpl John Snyder graduated from Albany High School and Wesleyan University in 1933 and attended Yale School of Law from 1933 to 1937. He was admitted to the bar in 1938 and was employed in the law department of New York Power & Light Corporation.

He enlisted on 1 March 1944 and was sent overseas in July 1944. He was promoted to corporal in October 1944.

Cpl Snyder was instantly killed by enemy small-arms fire while on a volunteer scouting patrol.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - Snyder Family Tree / 1930 Census, John Gerlosky, Bulletin of Yale University Obituary Record of Graduates

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Jpepperman