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Author: ELLinSpain
Surnames: SCHNEIDER
Classification: biography
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Name: Edward J Schneider
Inducted From: Indiana
Rank: Corporal
Combat Organization: 28th Bomber Squadron 19th Bomber Group
Death Date: 12 Sep 1942
Monument: Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Air Medal
Additional Army Awards
ENLISTS
Name: Edward J Schneider
Birth Year: 1921
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Illinois
State of Residence: Indiana
County or City: De Kalb
Enlistment Date: 2 Sep 1940
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Fort Benjamin Harrison
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the Panama Canal Department
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Unskilled mechanics and repairmen, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 72
Weight: 143
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