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Personal info

Full name
SNELL, Daniel William
Date of birth
19 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Erie County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
32833756
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
299th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 2 43

Immediate family

Members
Herbert F. Snell (father)
Lillian C. Snell (mother)
Edward W. Snell (brother)
David F. Snell (brother)
Herbert F. Snell (brother)
Alice M. Snell (sister)

More information

Sgt Daniel W. Snell enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 16 February 1943.

He was wounded by German artillery fire on 10 March 1945 and died a day later.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Adrien Pastenger, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://299thcombatengineers.com/TheMenWWll.htm

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://299thcombatengineers.com/TheMenWWll.htm