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Charles B. Snead

Lieutenant Commander Navy World War II

Navy
Navy
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Branch of Service
Navy
Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
01/23/1943
Date of Death
01/23/1943
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Burial Location
Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Killed in Action, Prisoner of War
When
POW 05/06/1942;KIA 01/23/1943
Where
Osaka, Japan
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. serial #O-170203; imprisoned at Osaka Main Camp Chikko Osaka 34-135; died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases; buried in Plot E, Row 1, Grave 56, Manila American Cemetery; POW record reports state of residency as California; POW/KIA

Source: G.W. Claar; Esther Carmany; National Archives; American Battle Monuments Commission | Ancestry - Find a Grave & Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949