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Personal info

Full name
SHAFFER, Guy Mervin
Date of birth
12 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Redbank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mayport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33893411
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Near Messelhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 23

Immediate family

Members
Samuel S. Shaffer (father)
Elsie C. (Brocious) Shaffer (mother)
Florence L. Shaffer (sister)
Doris I. Shaffer (sister)
Lois E. Shaffer (sister)
Norma K. Shaffer (sister)
Sammy C. Shaffer (brother)
Carl K. Shaffer (brother)

More information

Pfc Guy M. Shaffer enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 6 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Nancy L. Goodman, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dawn Barilow Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Burke Stoughton

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