Military related information:

Service Number -2066224

Enlistment Date: 20 Sep 1917
Discharged 26 Jan 1919

Company L

31 August 1918 Monthly Roster:Sick-in-Hospital.

16 October 1918 - Personnel Report - Gun Shot Wound Left hand - To Hospital 13 October.

31 October 1918 - Monthly Roster: Sick-in-Hospital.

Company L Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: CHAFFEE, John W. Enlisted 20 Sep 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from Company C 108th Field Signal Battalion to 132nd INF per SO#115 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 27 Apr 1918. Assigned to and joined Co L, 132nd INF per VOCO 29 Apr 1918. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. Sick-in-Hospital. - Personnel Report 16 October 1918: GSW Left hand - To Hospital 13 October. - Muster Roll Oct 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. Sick-in-Hospital

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps

Purple Heart October 1918 Personnel Report

Return to US
Name: John W . Chaffer
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 17 Dec 1918
Departure Place: Bordeaux, France
Arrival Date: 1919
Residence Place: Ardmore, Oklahoma
Spouse: J. W. Shaffer
Ship: Aeolus
Military Unit: CO L. 132 INF.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2066 224
Beau Desert Casual Company No. 15.

WWI Draft Registration. Select image for larger view. Will open in a new browser window or tab.

Post War Occupations / Bio:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: John Chaffee
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1891
Death Date: 7 Mar 1972
SSN: -6098
Branch: A
Enlistment Date: 20 Sep 1917
Release Date: 26 Jan 1919

John Chaffee
in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: John Chaffee
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1891
Issue State: Oklahoma
Last Residence: 73115, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA
Death Date: Mar 1972

Find A Grave
John W. Chaffee
BIRTH 28 Oct 1891
DEATH 7 Mar 1972 (aged 80)
BURIAL
Memorial Park Cemetery
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
PLOT section #31
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Born Chicago, Cook Co., IL.
Died Norman, Cleveland Co., OK.
Wife, Bertha.
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Family Members
Parents
George Woodford Chaffee 1858–1931
Nettie Jane Williby Chaffee 1867–1949

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