Portsmouth City: Snyder, John Williams

personal-war-service-record-of-virginia-s-war-dead

virginia-world-war-ii-history-commission

part-i-personal-data

first-name: John

middle-name: William

last-name: Snyder

suffix: Jr.

home-address: 1102 Washington St., Ports.

county: Portsmouth

birthplace: Portsmouth, Va

date-of-birth: 1915-10-15

race: White

sex: Male

height-ft: 5

height-ins: 10 1/2

weight-lbs: 156

marital-status: Married

wife-maiden-name-or-husband

first-name: Francis

middle-name: Christine

last-name: Caesle

suffix:

place-of-marriage: Portsmouth, Va.

date-of-marriage: 1938-10-30

children-1: None

date-of-birth-1:

children-2:

date-of-birth-2:

children-3:

date-of-birth-3:

children-4:

date-of-birth-4:

education

elementary-years: 7

high-school-years: 4

college-years:

other:

degrees:

occupation: electrician

religious-affiliation: Christian

citizen-of-what-nation: Amercian

father-s-name

first-name: John

middle-name: William

last-name: Snyder

suffix:

mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: Lillian

middle-name: Mary

last-name: Parks

part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Inducted

date-of-entry: 1941-02-03

place-of-entry: Ports. Va.

rank-at-entry: Staff Sgt.

first-served: 111th Field Artillery

branch-of-service: 29th [illegible], 1st Army

service-number: 20366453

previous-military-education-training-and-service: National Guard of Virginia from 1937 to Feb 2, 1941

trained-or-stationed-within-the-united-states

camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: Fort George G. Meade, Maryland ---- Feb. 1941 ---- March 1942 [illegible] P Hill Va. ---- March 1942 ---- July 1942 Carolina Maneuvers ---- July 1942 ---- Sept 1942

promoted

from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date: Staff Sgt. ---- Tech Sgt. ---- Sept. 42

information-about-overseas-service: Left United States - 27 Sept 1942 Arrived England - 3 Oct 1942 Arrived France - 6 June 1943 Killed in Action - near Julich Germany Nov 21, 1944

citations-decorations-service-medals-etc: Purple Heart

circumstances-of-death: Killed in Action

area-of-place-of-death: Germany

date-of-death: 1944-11-25

any-other-details-known:

photograph: No

next-of-kin

prefix:

first-name: Francis

middle-name: [illegible]

last-name: Snyder

suffix:

address: 1102 Washington St

relationship: wife

people-supplying-this-information

prefix:

first-name: Francis

middle-name: [illegible]

last-name: Snyder

suffix:

address: 1102 Washington St

people-submitting-this-information

prefix: Mrs.

first-name: Julian

middle-name: M.

last-name: Moore

suffix: Sr.

address: 1049 Ann St. Portsmouth - Va.