Sgt. Snell was with Company C, 299th Combat Engineers. He was the veteran of many battles in France, Belgium, and Germany, including landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944.
In March 1945 he was working alongside the 9th Armored Division. They had moved to the western shore of the Rhine River.
On March 10, C Company was building a ferry landing, when an artillery shell exploded near them. 5 men of C Company were wounded. Sgt. Daniel W. Snell died of his wounds the next day.
Sgt. Snell was with Company C, 299th Combat Engineers. He was the veteran of many battles in France, Belgium, and Germany, including landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944.
In March 1945 he was working alongside the 9th Armored Division. They had moved to the western shore of the Rhine River.
On March 10, C Company was building a ferry landing, when an artillery shell exploded near them. 5 men of C Company were wounded. Sgt. Daniel W. Snell died of his wounds the next day.
Inscription
SGT 299 ENGR COMBAT BN
PENNSYLVANIA
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
Family Members
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Lucy F Snell
1911–1927
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Edward William Snell
1912–2004
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David F. Snell
1913–1994
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Herbert F. Snell
1914–1977
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Alice Mary Snell Hoffman
1916–1979
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Capt Frederick R. Snell
1917–1990
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Frances M. Snell McLaughlin
1918–2019
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Ruth Mary Snell Boehm
1919–2007
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Erma C Snell
1921–1923
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Mary Margaret Snell Paulson
1922–2017
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Myra Jane Snell Trapmann
1924–2010
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