Donald E. Shaffer | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	O-678477
Unit	66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	California
Date of Death	December 22 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery AM Begraafplaats 1 6269 NA Margraten Netherlands

66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy

His remains were recovered and buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery.

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.