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Max Richard Snyder

Boatswain's Mate First Class Navy World War II

Navy
Navy
Branch of Service
Navy
Rank
Boatswain's Mate First Class
Unit
Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois; USS Biscayne; USS Terror; Port Director, Naval Training Station, 13 ND, Seattle, Washington; USS LSM 462; USS LSM 221
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
12/15/1941 – 03/24/1947
Date of Birth
03/11/1924
Date of Death
07/12/1979
Hometown
Paris, OH
Awards & Decorations
Good Conduct Medal; American Theater Ribbon; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two campaign stars; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one campaign star;, World War II Victory Medal
Burial Location
Washington State
Monument Paver
Yes — Section C
Township (entering service)
Paris
Township (current / at death)
Vaughn, Washington
School
Marysville High School
Record Authenticated
No

Decorations

Good Conduct Medal
Good Conduct Medal

Biography

School: Marysville High School. Naval Separation papers list DOB as 03/11/1924, Franklin County, Ohio; veteran data submitted by sister, Helen Endres, lists DOB as 03/11/1922; enlisted 12/15/1941, Cincinnati, Ohio; honorable discharge, 03/24/1947; veteran data submitted also lists service in Korea, but dates of service not verified as of 01/04/2008

Source: Noice of Separation from U. S. Naval Service, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 6, p. 455 | Ancestry - Find A Grave & Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File