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Full name
CHAFIN, Claude
Date of birth
30 June 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Red Jacket, Mingo County, West Virginia
Hometown
Mingo County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35933583
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Eghezée, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 3

Immediate family

Members
James C. Chafin (father)
Laura E. (Stone) Chafin (mother)
Steward Chafin (brother)
James R. Chafin (brother)
Morris Chafin (brother)
Edith Chafin (sister)
Charles Chafin (brother)
Hubert Chafin (brother)
Hobart Chafin (brother)
John Chafin (brother)
Veva Chafin (wife)
Williard Chafin (son)

More information

Pvt Claude Chafin enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 22 September 1943.

He attended Red Jacket High School.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Enlistment / Cole`s Family Tree / West Virginia Birth Index / 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, West Virginia Memory Project

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Young American Patriots