Aboil E. Snyder
Home Town: Alburtis, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Aboil E. Snyder, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Le Channel, France, July 26, 1918. Although shot through the stomach with a machine-gun bullet, Private Snyder continued to the nest relay station and arranged for the safe delivery of his message. He died a few minutes later.