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Richard
Concklin
Snyder
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

Kansas

Richard Snyder graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of June 1943. He retired as a U.S. Air Force Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    September 1944 – May 1945

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Richard Concklin Snyder (ASN: 0-25931), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German Forces after he was shot down on or about 18 September 1944, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.