Army Serial Number
Name Shaeffer, Jack Omar
Date of Birth 11 February 1924
Place of Birth Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Age 20
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Rank Staff Sergeant
Position Tailgunner
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Bombsquadron 577th Bombsquadron
Bombgroup 392nd Bombgroup
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Date of Death 12 August 1944
Place of Death close to the villages of Cheshunt and Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire
Awards -
Cemetery Kittanning Cemetery
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Additional Information His body was not recovered from the scene of the crash until several months later
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Source of Photo Findagrave