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Personal info

Full name
SNAY, Wayne
Date of birth
12 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Knoxville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Canisteo, Steuben County, New York

Military service

Service number
32037726
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Arzfeld, Bitburg-Prumer Landkreis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 8 34

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Snay (father)
Jennie (Brownell) Snay (mother)
Melvin Snay (brother)
Isabelle M. Snay (sister)

More information

Pfc Wayne Snay enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 18 April 1941. He was sent overseas in September 1943 and last was heard from by his family in France in a letter dated 31 August 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

He is remembeed at Grove Cemetery in Bath, Steuben County New York.

Source of information: André Koch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1925/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com - Caroline, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Barbara Gibson