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Personal info

Full name
SHAFER, Vincent H
Date of birth
2 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35502374
Rank
Technician Third Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wilwerwiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 33

Immediate family

Members
Clifford H. Shafer (father)
Matilda D. (Perra) Shafer (mother)
Clifford Shafer (brother)
Mary A. Shafer (sister)

More information

T/3 Vincent H. Shafer graduated from Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana and was a machinist.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 6 July 1942.

T/3 Shafer is remembered at Calvary Cemetery in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio Birth Index / Daniel Family Tree, www.80thDivision.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com – smsmith Certificate, www.findagrave.com - James (Jim) F. Kelly