1919 – 1950
1 st Lt Edgar T. Snipes served as Company Commander in Company G, 320 th Infantry, 35 th Infantry Division during World War II, participating in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. He received the Silver Star for heroic actions near Millingen, Germany, on March 8, 1945. Discharged at the end of WW II, he re-enlisted for the Korean War. During the Korean War he served in the U. S. Army’s 7 th Infantry Division as a Field Communications Chief. He died of wounds at the age of 31 near the Chosen Reservoir in Korea on December 4, 1950, and was buried in North Korea. Following the armistice in 1953, his body was recovered and returned to his hometown of Granite City, IL.