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Personal info

Full name
SHEFFER, Howard Franklin
Date of birth
29 May 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33902861
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
12 November 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
George F. Scheffer (father)
Margaret M. (Stiene) Sheffer (mother)
William R. Sheffer (brother)
Allen V. Sheffer (brother)

More information

Howard Sheffer was a mechanic before he enlisted on 7 July 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland.

His remains were recovered in August 1965 and are interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Anna Cady, www.ancestry.com - Betty Rosensteel