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NAME Jack Bertrand Sniff |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 305320 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona |
HOME OF RECORD Speer, IL |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Martha Sniff |
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| DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1922 at Speer, IL |
ENTERED SERVICE March 5, 1941 at Chicago, IL |
DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941 |
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| REGION Hawaiian Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Field Music Corporal Jack B. Sniff served as a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was last known to be aboard on 7 December 1941, when the ship was destroyed at Pearl Harbor. Sniff is believed to have gone down with the Arizona, and his remains are considered nonrecoverable. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Field Music Corporal |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. Believed to rest aboard USS Arizona. |
MEMORIALS Lawn Ridge Cemetery, Marshall County, IL USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu Memorial |
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