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Personal info

Full name
SNADER, Randolph Resh
Date of birth
23 August 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33933791
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 13 60

Immediate family

Members
Elizabeth B. (Fox) Snader (mother)
Gladys M. (Fulton) Snader (wife)
Donald C. Snader (son)

More information

Pvt Randolph R. Snader enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 13 April 1944. He trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina and was sent overseas on 7 October 1944.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a policeman before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S., WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards, Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet