William Earl Shafer

Birth: 4 Feb 1924
Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 4 Mar 1945 (aged 21)
Iwo Jima, Ogasawara-shichō, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial: Jarrett Cemetery

Elkview, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 23416394 View Source

Served in the U.S. Army during WWII, Killed in action during the invasion of Iwo Jima.

Son of Pharo E. Shafer who died in Florida in June 1982.

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Tressie Stoffel Shaffer

1893–1937

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Mary Faye Shafer Rogers

1934–2022

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