SNYDER, Wallace

1929 - 1951  (21 years)

• Name	SNYDER, Wallace
  Birth	9 Oct 1929	Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	1939–1945	World War II   [1]
  Illness	1950–1951	Tokyo, Japan   [1]
  Death	4 Apr 1951	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  	Address: Wood Veteran Hospital
  Burial	9 Apr 1951	Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  	Address: Evergreen Cemetery
  	Section S, Block 52, Lot 3, Space 2
  Person ID	I6578	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	SNYDER, Ralph M.,   b. 18 Mar 1902, Morrison, Brown, Wisconsin, United States d. 13 Jan 1980, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 77 years)
  Mother	WILDA, Rose Elizabeth,   b. 27 Mar 1903, Kossuth Township, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 1 Jun 1956, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1926
  Family ID	F2203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] Website - FindAGrave, viewed online; 8 October 2023; PFC Wallace R. Snyder; Memorial ID 94060859; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94060859/wallace-r-snyder. PFC Wallace R. Snyder BIRTH 1929 Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA DEATH 4 Apr 1951 (aged 21–22) Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA BURIAL Evergreen Cemetery Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA MEMORIAL ID 94060859 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. ******* [d. at VA Hosp. Wood, Milwaukee, WI/bur. on Ralph Snyder lot]