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Personal info

Full name
SHAFFER, Wayne R
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Scott, Crawford County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36989153
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 15 4

Immediate family

Members
Walter W. Shaffer (father)
Lyndall V. Shaffer (mother)
Zenith E. Shaffer (sister)
Calvin C. Shaffer (brother)
Janice Shaffer (sister)
Joe Shaffer (brother)

More information

Pvt Wayne R. Shaffer graduated from the Blue River High School in June 1944, and enlisted on 20 June 1944. He trained at Camp Blanding, Florida before going overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Zenith E. Bunders, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - La Crosse Tribune 13 February 1945 / 12 July 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy