Myron P. Snapp, Jr. was born on December 31, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. He had one year of college, and working in a factory when he enlisted with the Air Corps in Chicago on September 17, 1942. He served in the 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group as a Second Lieutenant during World War II. 2LT Snapp was the Co-pilot on B-17 42-31921 "Lil’ Brat", which on April 24, 1944 headed to Dubendorf, Switzerland for a target mission. They were shot down by an enemy aircraft and crashed to Baltenswil, near Munich and scrapped. He was Killed in Action and was temporarily buried in what was then the American Cemetery in Münsingen, Switzerland. He is now buried in the Evergreen Cemetery and Mausoleum, Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA.