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'''Wilburn L. Snyder''' (January 23, 1923 – May 13, 2008) was a [[Baptist]] [[pastor]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], and a survivor of the 1942 Bataan Death March and internment in the [[Philippines|Philippines Islands]] during [[World War II]].
'''Wilburn L. Snyder''' (January 23, 1923 – May 13, 2008) was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[pastor]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], and a survivor of the 1942 Bataan Death March and a [[prisoner of war]] in the internment in the [[Philippines|Philippine Islands]] during [[World War II]].
Snyder was born in Plain Dealing in northernmost Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]] to Mary and G. A. Hammer. He graduated in 1940 from Lee High School in Baytown, Texas, and attended the two-year Lee College, a [[community college]] in Baytown, and then the University of Houston.<ref name=chron>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/deaths/5784295.html|title=Wilburn Snyder survived Bataan Death March: Obituary|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|accessdate=May 15, 2008}}</ref>
Snyder was born in Plain Dealing in northernmost Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]] to Mary and G. A. Hammer. He graduated in 1940 from Lee High School in Baytown, Texas, and attended the two-year Lee College, a [[community college]] in Baytown, and then the University of Houston.<ref name=chron>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/deaths/5784295.html|title=Wilburn Snyder survived Bataan Death March: Obituary|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|accessdate=May 15, 2008}}</ref>