William Ellsworth Snyder
Born: February 24, 1883 at South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Home Town: South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Medal of Honor
Peacetime Awards
U.S. Navy
War Department, General Orders No. 58, March 2, 1910
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Chief Electrician William Ellsworth Snyder, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession while serving on board the U.S.S. Birmingham, for extraordinary heroism, rescuing G.H. Kephart, Seaman, from drowning at Hampton Roads, Virginia, 4 January 1910.