Edwin Dupee Snook (abt. 1922 - bef. 1944)

Born about 10 Jan 1922 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died before 9 Mar 1944 before about age 22 in At Sea

Biography

Signalman 3c Edwin Snook served in the United States Coast Guard in World War II
Service started: 1942
Unit(s):
Service ended: 9 March 1944

Edwin Snook was awarded the Purple Heart.

Edwin was born in 1922, the son of Lucy Heaton.^[1][2]

In 1942 he was working at Woolworth's 5 & Dime in New Albany, Indiana.^[3]

Edwin joined the U S Coast Guard in Indiana, ^[4] to serve during WWII. He served as a Signalman 3rd class and was declared missing in action and then a Naval casualty on 9 March 1944. ^[4][5] He was awarded a Purple Heart. ^[4]

Edwin's name appears on the "Tablets of the Missing" in the Cambridge American Cemetery in Cambridge, England.^[6]

Research Notes

"The Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial site in England, 30.5 acres in total, was donated by the University of Cambridge. It lies on a slope with the west and south sides framed by woodland. The cemetery contains the remains of 3,811 of our war dead; 5,127 names are recorded on the Walls of the Missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. Most died in the Battle of the Atlantic or in the strategic air bombardment of northwest Europe."^[7]

While other records show Benjamin Thomas Snook as his father, that name is not on his birth record^[1]

Edwin's name has sometimes been given as Edmund or Edward in error.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch Record: QKHV-6PYG Edwin D Snook, 1922; citing Birth, Shelby, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., Birth Index, 1911-1999 cert #16080
3. ↑ [ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/41414300:2238 WWII Draft Registration Cards for Indiana, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947] National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; ; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 736 Ancestry.com
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} [ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/136039:4283 World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas] National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Ancestry.com
5. ↑ U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 American Battle Monuments Commission; Arlington, VA; Cemetery Records Ancestry.com
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294505/edwin-d-snook: accessed 11 November 2022), memorial page for SM3C Edwin D Snook (unknown–9 Mar 1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #56294505 citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by Skip Farrow (contributor 47380732) .
7. ↑ Cambridge American Cemetery

See also:

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHMX-GLM : accessed 11 November 2022), Edmond D Swank in household of Ben Swank, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 34A, line 40, family 604, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 588; FHL microfilm 2,340,323.
• U.S., Navy Casualties Books, 1776-1941 pg. 19 Ancestry.com
• Defense Pow/Mia Accounting Agency Defense Pow/Mia Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-For Remains, Group B, 1941-1975 Ancestry.com

Acknowledgements

Snook-894 was created by Gary Kueber through the import of MartinSnookDescendants_2015-10-10_v2.ged on Oct 10, 2015.