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Donald Eugene Shaffer

Donald Eugend Shaffer

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Yeoman, First Class
Service Number 283 39 43
Birth Date June 8, 1922
From Canton, Ohio
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Shark (SS-314)
Loss Date October 24, 1944
Location Between Hainan and Bashi Channel
Circumstances Probably sunk by depth charge attack
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Photo courtesy of James Shaffer, half-brother.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
 

 

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