Victor H. Schneider

First Lieutenant Victor Hugo Schneider in dress uniform photo

World War II (WWII)
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Fallen

County:
Morton

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
First Lieutenant

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
115th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
29th Infantry Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action near France.

Biography:

Victor Hugo Schneider was Born July 10, 1915, to Hugo Albert and Anna Theisen Schneider in Glen Ullin, Morton County, North Dakota. He entered the United State Army in May 1941 and trained at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Fort Benning, Georgia; and Camp Shelby, Mississippi. He received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. First Lieutenant Schneider was killed in action on August 2, 1944, in Pont-Farcy, Department du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. He is buried at Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departmement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France, Plot F, Row 15, Grave 6.

First Lieutenant Victor H Schneider cross grave marker with small American flag photo

Source: Glen Ullin and Community book/Ancestry/Find a Grave