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Schneider, Clyde Clement (502nd PIR)

Date of birth:
November 24th, 1922 (Deer Creek, Taylor, Wisconsin - USA)
Date of death:
November 9th, 1986 (North Canton, Stark, Ohio - USA)
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

1944-1945: Holland campaign, battle of the Bulge
served the foreign services in Vientiane - Laos (ICA)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
Company D, 1st Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
1944
For action performed on 23 September 1944 near the Zuid-Willemsvaart (canal) at Veghel/North Brabant, the Netherlands.

Citation unavailable.
Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division, General Orders No. 36 (1944)
Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Sources

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  • - Koskimaki, G.E., Hell’s Highway – De 101e Airborne Divisie tijdens operatie Market Garden (deel 2), Kempen Pers, Hapert, Nederland, 1991 (Nederlandse vertaling)
    - Rapport, L., Northwood Jr., A, Rendezvous with Destiny – A History of the 101st Airborne Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2000 (reprint of the original 1948 edition not the later 1965 second edition)
    - Clyde Schneider - Recipient -
    - Clyde Clement Schneider (1922-1986) • FamilySearch

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