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Personal info

Full name
SCHAFFNER, David Woodall
Date of birth
21 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-516655
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
897th Field Artillery Battalion,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Hotton-Grandménil line, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 13 18

Immediate family

Members
John W. Schaffner (father)
John L. Schaffner (brother)
Becky J. (Morrison) Schaffner (wife)

More information

Lt. Schaffner graduated from Purdue University in December 1942 and went at once to field artillery school at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

He was married to Becky Morrison on 11 April 1943, three days after being commissioned a second lieutenant. He was promoted to first lieutenant on 2 October 1943 and returned to Fort Sill for officers' school. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was killed by artillery fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#4, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards for Young Men, Daily Sentinel Rome, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Herald, http://www.battleofthebulgememories.be - Wendell Obermeier

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.phikappasiarchive.com;