MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Shaffer, Frank James

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Shaffer
  • FORENAME
Frank James
  • UNIT
  • RANK
Private
  • NUMBER
35758686
  • AWARD
Bronze Star,Purple Heart
  • PLACE
Burma 1944
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Valley,Preston County,West Virginia
born 5.8.1913 Fayette County,Virginia
son of Odie Finnigan and Gertrude Alice (nee Dye) Shaffer
farm hand in civilian life
enlisted 24.7.1943 Clarksburg,West Virginia
WIA 3.8.1944 Burma
achieved rank of Technician Fifth Grade
married Hazel Cecelia Good 9.11.1935 (1920-50)
died 9.1.1966 Morgantown,West Virginia
Mount Zion Cemetery,Rohr,Preston County,West Virginia
 
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