- SURNAME
Snyder
- FORENAME
Leon Ernest
- UNIT
3 Bn (Orange Combat Team)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
32839063
- AWARD
Bronze Star,Purple Heart
- PLACE
Burma 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Broome County,New York (enlistment)
from Wyalusing,Pennsylvania (casualty return)
born 1.2.1924 North Lansing,New York
son of Leon Edgar and Bertha Maude (nee Buckingham) Snyder
semi-skilled in processing of dairy products in civilian life
enlisted 22.2.1943 Elmhurst,New York
WIA 5.6.1944 near Myitkyina,Burma
475 Infantry Regiment (Company I,3 Bn)
married Alice M. 20.4.1946 (1927-88) (2 sons Leon and Richard,2 daughters Sandra and Deborah)
married Ella L.
last residence Port Crane,New York
died 17.8.2005 Greene,New York
Jersey Hill Cemetery,Auburn Center,Susquehanna County,Pennsylvania
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