Donald E. Snider

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
Purple Heart Medal Awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed Forces, after April 5, 1917, has been wounded, killed, or who has died or may hereafter die of wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States.
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded to Service members serving outside the Continental United States in the American Theater for at least 30 days between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946, or who served during that period for an aggregate period of 1 year in the Continental United States.
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal Awarded for military service for service within the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater between December 7, 1941 and November 8, 1945.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.
 Note that this list may not include all awarded medals, devices, unit citations or qualification badges.

Documents, Forms and Resources Found or Not Found:
No  ABMC Form 1, Headstone Inscription And Interment Record
Yes American Battle Monuments Commission website listing, directly below, on this page
Yes Death Location, Note 1, below, on this page
Yes Enlistment Records, National Archives Database, below, on this page
No  Eyewitness Statement or Report
No  Grave Marker Photo
Yes Official Navy Report, History and sinking of the LST-531, on external .mil web page
No  Photo of veteran
No  Washington Newspaper Obit, Notice, or Report
Yes WWII Draft Card Data PVT Snider, below, on this page
Yes WWII Hospital Admission Records, Hospital Records, below, on this page

ABMC Records:
Donald E. Snider
Service #39466073
Rank, Private, U.S. Army
Unit, 462nd Amphibious Truck Company
Entered Service From, Washington
Date of Death, April 28, 1944
Status, Missing In Action
Memorialized, Tablets of the Missing
 Cambridge American Cemetery,
 Cambridge, United Kingdom
Awards: Purple Heart
End of Record

WWII Draft Card Data
Donald E. Snider
Race, Gender: White, Male
Age: 27  -  Relationship to Draftee: Self
Birth Date: August 22, 1913  -  Birth Place: Brush Prairie, Washington
Residence Place: Clarkston, Asotin County, Washington
Registration Date: October 16, 1940
Registration Place: Washington State
Employer: State Of Washington Dept Of Game
Height: 5' 10"   -  Weight: 160
Eye Color: Gray   -  Hair Color: Brown
Complexion: Ruddy
Next of Kin: Bertha Snider, Mother
Members of Household: Donald E. Snider, Self
Bertha Snider, Mother
End of Record

WWII Hospital Admission Records
Donald E. Snider, Rank: Enlisted Man
Service Number: 39466073
Admission Date: April 1944
Discharge Date: April 1944
Military Branch: Transportation Corps
Diagnosis:
Causative Agent: None or Unknown
Type of Injury: Casualty, battle
Injured in Line of Duty: In line of duty
Medical Treatment: Not Listed
Type of Discharge: Died
Service Number: 39466073
End of Record

Death Location, Note 1:
The death location, "In Lyme Bay, England" is based on the best information available at this time. In the case of PVT Snider, this location was estimated on:

A. The American Battle Monuments Commission website identifies his assigned unit as the 462nd Amphibious Truck Company, date of death as April 28, 1944 and that he was awarded the Purple Heart.

B. At the time PVT Snider was Killed In Action the 462nd was participating in Exercise Tiger in the English Channel. His craft, the LST-531 was sunk by German torpedo boats in Lyme Bay, England.

C. Hospital Admission Records indicate that PVT Snider died on April 28, 1944, listed as a "Casualty, battle". His body was not recovered.

D. Further information on Exercise Tiger can be found at the Naval History and Heritage Command website Exercise Tiger: Disaster at Slapton Sands.

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The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
 Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)

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