His parents were Martin Schneider (b. 1882 in Germany) and Veronica Schneider (b. 1895 in Poland).
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Entered the service from Illinois.
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William Jacob Schneider, born April 30, 1921, was two months old when his mother, Minnie Tessman Schneider, died unexpectedly at the age of 41. A homemaker, she left behind her husband, William N. Schneider, and four other children in Oak Park, Illinois.
The father remarried in 1932 to her sister Anna.
Young Mr. Schneider attended Crane Technical High School in Chicago and Castle Heights Military Academy in Tennessee. The spring 1940 Census showed him living with his father, a production clerk at a farm implement business, and step-mother in Chicago. He was identified as a new worker, but the Census gave no more detail.
Mr. Schneider enlisted in the Marines on April 22, 1940. He was a gunnery private first class when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
At least one of his brothers, Glenn, served in the Army in World War II.
Sources: the Chicago Daily Tribune and the Chicago Tribune; Cook County, Illinois, birth and marriage records; Census; Marine muster roll. Marine photograph.This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
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Entered the service from Illinois.
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William Jacob Schneider, born April 30, 1921, was two months old when his mother, Minnie Tessman Schneider, died unexpectedly at the age of 41. A homemaker, she left behind her husband, William N. Schneider, and four other children in Oak Park, Illinois.
The father remarried in 1932 to her sister Anna.
Young Mr. Schneider attended Crane Technical High School in Chicago and Castle Heights Military Academy in Tennessee. The spring 1940 Census showed him living with his father, a production clerk at a farm implement business, and step-mother in Chicago. He was identified as a new worker, but the Census gave no more detail.
Mr. Schneider enlisted in the Marines on April 22, 1940. He was a gunnery private first class when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
At least one of his brothers, Glenn, served in the Army in World War II.
Sources: the Chicago Daily Tribune and the Chicago Tribune; Cook County, Illinois, birth and marriage records; Census; Marine muster roll. Marine photograph.This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
His parents were Martin Schneider (b. 1882 in Germany) and Veronica Schneider (b. 1895 in Poland).
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Entered the service from Illinois.
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William Jacob Schneider, born April 30, 1921, was two months old when his mother, Minnie Tessman Schneider, died unexpectedly at the age of 41. A homemaker, she left behind her husband, William N. Schneider, and four other children in Oak Park, Illinois.
The father remarried in 1932 to her sister Anna.
Young Mr. Schneider attended Crane Technical High School in Chicago and Castle Heights Military Academy in Tennessee. The spring 1940 Census showed him living with his father, a production clerk at a farm implement business, and step-mother in Chicago. He was identified as a new worker, but the Census gave no more detail.
Mr. Schneider enlisted in the Marines on April 22, 1940. He was a gunnery private first class when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
At least one of his brothers, Glenn, served in the Army in World War II.
Sources: the Chicago Daily Tribune and the Chicago Tribune; Cook County, Illinois, birth and marriage records; Census; Marine muster roll. Marine photograph.This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
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Entered the service from Illinois.
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William Jacob Schneider, born April 30, 1921, was two months old when his mother, Minnie Tessman Schneider, died unexpectedly at the age of 41. A homemaker, she left behind her husband, William N. Schneider, and four other children in Oak Park, Illinois.
The father remarried in 1932 to her sister Anna.
Young Mr. Schneider attended Crane Technical High School in Chicago and Castle Heights Military Academy in Tennessee. The spring 1940 Census showed him living with his father, a production clerk at a farm implement business, and step-mother in Chicago. He was identified as a new worker, but the Census gave no more detail.
Mr. Schneider enlisted in the Marines on April 22, 1940. He was a gunnery private first class when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
At least one of his brothers, Glenn, served in the Army in World War II.
Sources: the Chicago Daily Tribune and the Chicago Tribune; Cook County, Illinois, birth and marriage records; Census; Marine muster roll. Marine photograph.This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
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