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Claude
D.
Snodgrass
MIA (WWII) KIA

Home:

Mannington

, 

West Virginia

Buried: 

Manila

, 

Philippine Islands

Cemetery:

A.B.M.C. Manila

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class

    Batallion:

    Torpedo Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Langley

    Action Date:

    October 25, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 346 (January 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class Claude D. Snodgrass (NSN: 2583656), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Turret Gunner of a Torpedo Plane embarked in U.S.S. LANGLEY on 25 October 1944.