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Personal info

Full name
SCHAFER, Marvin Herbert Burdette
Date of birth
6 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas
Hometown
McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37741488
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
273rd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hahn-Münden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 31 27

Immediate family

Members
Herbert M. Schafer (father)
Dula J. (Yowell) Schafer (mother)
Doris V. Schafer (sister)
Marion D. Schafer (brother)
Eldon Schafer (brother)

More information

Pfc Marvin H.B. Schafer was a farmhand before he enlisted on 26 April 1944 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com, http://www.69th-infantry-division.org/histories/273.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy