George Schaff

Private First Class George Schaff grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Slope

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company K

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
23rd Infantry Regiment, A/S Inf

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

Died in service in Belgium.

Biography:

George Schaff was born in Mineral Springs, Slope County, North Dakota on June 7, 1915, to Joseph Schaff and Anna Mary Zent. He entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minnesota on July 23, 1942, and served as Private First Class in the European African Middle Eastern Theater, Company K, 23rd Infantry Regiment, A/S Infantry. Private First Class Schaff died in service on January 20, 1945, in Belgium, and is buried in Saint Charles Catholic Cemetery, Bowman, Bowman County, North Dakota. He received the Purple Heart.

Sources: Ancestry/Find a Grave