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PFC Wallace R. Snyder

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PFC Wallace R. Snyder

Birth
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
4 Apr 1951 (aged 21–22)
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis.
Thursday, April 5, 1951 P. 2

WALLACE R. SNYDER

A Manitowoc soldier who took sick while serving overseas early last year died at Veterans hospital, Wood, Wis., Wednesday afternoon. He was Private
First Class Wallace R. Snyder, 21, son of Mrs. Albert Zahorik, route 5, Manitowoc, and Ralph Snyder, Manitowoc.

Funeral services will be held at the Mittnacht funeral home, Manitowoc, at 8:30 a.m. and at the Holy Innocents church at 9 a.m. Monday.

Conducting services will be Rev. E.A. Radey. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct graveside rites.

Born in Manitowoc in 1929, Wallace Snyder attended public schools in the city before enlisting in the U.S. army in July, 1949. He took his basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., and later was transferred to Okinawa, Guam and Tokyo.
It was in Tokyo that he took ill. He was in veterans hospital in San Francisco and Denver before going to Wood in December of last year.

Pfc. Snyder was a member of signal and engineer units of the army. He was a holder of the Japanese occupation medal.
Survivors include his parents; one brother (Survivor omitted for privacy.); and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Anna Snyder of Manitowoc. The body will be in state at the Mittnacht funeral home from noon Sunday until the time of services.
The rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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[d. at VA Hosp. Wood, Milwaukee, WI/bur. on Ralph Snyder lot]
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Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis.
Thursday, April 5, 1951 P. 2

WALLACE R. SNYDER

A Manitowoc soldier who took sick while serving overseas early last year died at Veterans hospital, Wood, Wis., Wednesday afternoon. He was Private
First Class Wallace R. Snyder, 21, son of Mrs. Albert Zahorik, route 5, Manitowoc, and Ralph Snyder, Manitowoc.

Funeral services will be held at the Mittnacht funeral home, Manitowoc, at 8:30 a.m. and at the Holy Innocents church at 9 a.m. Monday.

Conducting services will be Rev. E.A. Radey. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct graveside rites.

Born in Manitowoc in 1929, Wallace Snyder attended public schools in the city before enlisting in the U.S. army in July, 1949. He took his basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., and later was transferred to Okinawa, Guam and Tokyo.
It was in Tokyo that he took ill. He was in veterans hospital in San Francisco and Denver before going to Wood in December of last year.

Pfc. Snyder was a member of signal and engineer units of the army. He was a holder of the Japanese occupation medal.
Survivors include his parents; one brother (Survivor omitted for privacy.); and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Anna Snyder of Manitowoc. The body will be in state at the Mittnacht funeral home from noon Sunday until the time of services.
The rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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[d. at VA Hosp. Wood, Milwaukee, WI/bur. on Ralph Snyder lot]
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