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Personal info

Full name
SHAFFER, Kenneth Garold
Date of birth
18 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia
Hometown
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33136438
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 36

Immediate family

Members
Jay C. Shaffer (father)
Dora (Selders) Shaffer (mother)
Mary J. Shaffer (sister)
Marion E. Shaffer (sister)
Robert J. Shaffer (brother)
Cecil G. Shaffer (brother)
Helen L. Shaffer (sister)
Harland D. Shaffer (brother)
Lois M. Shaffer (sister)
Richard J. Shaffer (brother)
Juanita F. (Bachtel) Shaffer (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Kenneth G. Shaffer attended high school for three years and was a miner before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 6 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pruning Branches of my DNA Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Michael Markwood / rags