Wayne O. Shaffner

World War II
Service #36312216
Unit513rd Bomber Squadron, 376th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankTechnical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of DeathAugust 10 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart

Notes
TSGT Shaffner's remains have been recovered and identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Florence American Cemetery and Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.