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Personal info

Full name
SHAEFFER, Roy Merrill
Date of birth
8 June 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Amanda, Fairfield County, Ohio
Hometown
Fairfield County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35216047
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
247th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 3 8

Immediate family

Members
Elmer M. Shaeffer (father)
Effie B. (Young) Shaeffer (mother)
Jessie L. Shaeffer (sister)
Mabel M. Shaeffer (sister)
William H. Shaeffer (brother)
Donald D. Shaeffer (brother)
Dorotha (Hedges) Shaeffer (sister)
Marie F. (Nihiser) Shaeffer (wife)
Robert M. Shaeffer (son)
Ned Shaeffer (son)
Fern (Seesholtz) Shaeffer (second wife)
Gary Shaeffer (son)

More information

Pfc Roy M. Shaeffer graduated from Amanda High School in 1925 and attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He was employed at Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation.

He enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 30 March 1943.

His brother, Sgt. William H. Shaeffer, was killed in line of duty at Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Dorotha Hedges, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, https://archive.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Luddy Murphy Family Tree, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Robert Hill