OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - SHAFFER, Silas Fred in World War Records (published 1921)
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INDIANA WAR RECORDS - GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL 1914-1918
Indiana Historical Commission 1921, page 622

SHAFFER, SILAS FRED           Private  (w/photo)
        Son of George W. and Rhoda C. Shaffer; born, May 6, 1896,
Clarkshill, Tippecanoe County, Ind. Farmer. Rejected twice because of
physical disability. Entered service August 30, 1918. Sent to Camp Sherman,
Ohio; assigned to Evacuation Hospital No. 28, Detachment Headquarters. Died
of pneumonia August 13, 1918, Camp Sherman. Buried in Salem Cemetery,
Tippecanoe County, Ind. The American Legion Post, Shaffer-Schultz,
Clarkshill, named in his honor. (see preceding record.)


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