Staff Sergeant Frank Wright Snook Jr., An Airman's Story
Staff Sergeant Frank Wright Snook Jr., An Airman's Story
Frank Wright Snook Jr. was born on May 24, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a young man, he moved with his family to Los Angeles, California, where he attended University High School. Like many of his generation, the war interrupted his youth; he left school shortly before graduating to enlist in the military.
On January 30, 1943, Frank Snook enlisted in the US Air Force (Army Air Forces) in response to World War II. After completing his training, he was assigned to the 431st Bomber Squadron and deployed to the Pacific Theater, where American aircrews carried out long-range missions under difficult and dangerous conditions.
On July 28, 1944, while flying aboard B-24J aircraft #42-73018, Staff Sergeant Snook’s bomber was struck by enemy fire over the Caroline Islands. The aircraft crashed, and he was killed in action at the age of 20.
With no known grave, Staff Sergeant Frank Wright Snook Jr. is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, where the names of those lost in the Pacific are recorded and remembered.
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