10 things about US Army veteran Walter Schnackenberg from Brooklyn, New York City

Walter Martin Schnackenberg was an American man from Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. The borough was named after Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands.

BIOGRAPHY

Schnackenberg was Mary Lou Kiah Schnackenberg‘s husband. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. His brother Rudolf Schnackenberg is based in Wappinger Falls, Dutchess County, New York.
2. He was born in Brooklyn to August Schnackenberg and Marie Ficken Schnackenberg.
3. He enjoyed a long career with General Electric Company.
4. He was a member of the Republican National Committee.
5. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
6. He was a corporal and later became a radar instructor.
7. He and Mary Lou enjoyed traveling throughout not only the U.S. but also Europe and the Caribbean.
8. He and Mary Lou have one son and three daughters.
9. He has eight grandchildren namely Angela Bruzzi, Paul James Bruzzi, Nicholas Bruzzi, Jody Phillips, Jesse Phillips, Jayme Phillips, Etta Lee Schnackenberg and Sophia Laurin Schnackenberg.
10. In 2009, he died at age 76.

TIMELINE

Walter served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953. The war was an armed conflict between North Korea and South Korea.

1950s

• In 1950, he graduated from high school in Shrub Oak, Westchester County, New York.
• In 1954, he graduated from the State University of New York in New York with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• From 1954 to 1956, he was a U.S. Army corporal.
• On September 19, 1958, he and Mary Lou got married in Santa Maria, California, USA.
• In 1959, Mary Lou gave birth to their daughter Helen Marie Schnackenberg.

1960s

• In 1960, Mary Lou gave birth to their daughter Anna M. Schnackenberg.
• In 1964, Mary Lou gave birth to their daughter Katarina M. Schnackenberg.
• In 1969, Mary Lou gave birth to their son Walter M. “Chip” Schnackenberg II.

1970s

• In 1975, he moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA.

1980s

• In December 1986, his grandson Paul James Frank Bruzzi was born.

1990s

• In 1993, he retired from General Electric Company.

2000s

• On November 10, 2008, he turned 76.
• On May 26, 2009, he died at his home in Pittsfield.

2020s

• On August 2, 2021, his aunt Helen Marie Schnackenberg died in Lenox, Massachusetts at age 62.
• Bruzzi, his grandson, pleaded guilty to attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor on July 16, 2024 and was sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release on November 18, 2024.