World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Morton
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Tech. 5c
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
743rd Tank Battalion
Circumstances:
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
Biography:
SCHNEIDER, Albert Servicenumber: 37311148 Age: 23 Born: 30 March 1921 Hometown: Morton County, North Dakota Family: August Schneider (father) Sophie (Heinle) Schneider (mother) Walter Schneider (brother) Reuben A. Schneider (brother) Raymond A. Schneider (brother) Harold Schneider (brother) Rank: Technician Fifth Class Function: Not available Regiment: - Battalion: 743rd Tank Battalion Division €“ Transport: - Company €“ Squadron: Service Company Unit €“ Group: Maintenance Platoon Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) - Date of death: 19 November 1944 Status: KIA Place of death: Kellersberg, South of Alsdorf, Germany Spot: Not available Awards: Purple Heart Gravenumber: Plot F, Row 5, Grave 12 Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten Biography: - Other information: T/5 Albert Schneider joined his unit in 1943 in Camp Laguna, Arizona. At 2.45 am, an enemy airplane dropped several bombs. A direct hit on one of the houses, occupied by Service Company, killed 8 men, all members of Battalion Maintenance Platoon. Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Andrea Hunter, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 743rd Tank Battalion Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Raymond A. Schneider