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Personal info

Full name
SHAFF, Charles W
Date of birth
4 March 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Hometown
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
6863937
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
29th Field Artillery Battalion,
4th Infantry Division,
HQ & HQ Battery
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bleialf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 84

Immediate family

Members
Charles L. Shaff (father)
Laura F. (O'Connell) Shaff (mother)
Donald Shaff (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles W. Shaff attended Trent High School.

At seventeen, he joined the Regular Army at Fort Snelling and was sent overseas shortly after Pearl Harbor, he first served in Iceland.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen - Company's / 4 ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Mike Bowen Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - MRB
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M, www.newspapers.com - Argus Leader South Dakota 28 March 1945