Stele S/SGT. RALPH T. SNYDER
Stele in memory of S/SGT. RALPH T. SNYDER and his soldiers.
At this location on August 26, 1944, the battle group of S/SGT. RALPH T. SNYDER of the 115th Infantry Battalion, 29th US Division came under machine-gun fire from the Kerrognant support position.
While the section was cut off, it was impossible to come to the aid of the soldiers caught under fire, so S/SGT. RALPH T. SNYDER left his equipment and weapon to go to the aid of his comrades, equipped with a "Red Cross" armband on his arm.
Abattled by the German paratroopers, it was then impossible for the US soldiers to come to the aid of their wounded brothers-in-arms.
The bodies will be recovered by the US Army, 7 days later.
CPL. GEORGE T. CLAYTON, Vanderburgh, Indiana
PVT. ARTHUR GWINJefferson, Alabama
PVT. VERNON L. LARSON Multnomah, Oregon
CPL. MEYER T. MARCH Schuylkill, Pennsylvania
PVT. MIKE SCARDINA Cook, Illinois
PFC. MELVYN SELLINGER Essex, New Jersey
PVT. BASIL E. SHAW Delaware, Indiana
PVT. GEORGE E. SNIPES, JR. Multnomah, Oregon
S/SGT. RALPH T. SNYDER, Carbon, Pennsylvania
PFC. WARREN E. STEITZ Baltimore City, Maryland
CPL. DONALD EDWILL VAUGHANUnion, South Carolina
Philippe Boudot photo credit
