Wayne O. Shaffner | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	36312216
Unit	513rd Bomber Squadron, 376th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Illinois
Date of Death	August 10 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery Florence American Cemetery Via Cassia S.N. 50023 Tavarnuzze (Firenze) Italy

513rd Bomber Squadron, 376th Bomber Group, Heavy

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.

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.