Schneider, David (37548315)

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David Schneider
Personal details
Born	Lodz, Poland
Nativity	Poland
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	37548315
Rank	Private
Rank at Ritchie	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 9 (21 June – 18 August 1943)
Section	5G

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David Schneider (ASN 37548315) was a Ritchie Boy (from Poland; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 9.

Biography

Gary Schneider wrote to us after the 60 Minutes program to provide some information about his late Dad, Ritchie Boy, David Schneider. Born in Lodz, Poland in 1915, he immigrated from Germany in April 1939. RB Schneider was inducted into the US Army in early 1943 amd entered at Fort Snelling, MN. He attended Combat Intelligence School and the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, and served as an interpreter/interrogator.

Research notes

• 1/13/1915-

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Class_ASN	37546315
Class_Name	SCHNEIDER, David
match_method	asn_near_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 13 January 1915 in Poland.
• 18 August 1943 — Graduated with Class 9.
• Assigned to ___ attached to 15th Army.
• Enlisted in Army at __ as Pvt (ASN: 37548315).

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-05-25 (1 post)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of David Schneider for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Schneider, David for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: DAVID SCHNEIDER.docx)