Warren W. Schaeffer
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
0-451235
Battery D
377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
101st Airborne Division
Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: June 6, 1944
Buried at: Plot F 1584
Beverly National Cemetery
Beverly NJ
Awards: Purple Heart
First Lieutenant Warren W. Schaeffer
Introduction
First Lieutenant Warren W. Schaeffer was a 1937 graduate of Collingswood NJ High School, where he had been a member of the swimming team. He was a corporal in the N.J. National Guard in 1937 and entered the Army in 1939. He was commissioned a second lieutenant at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on November 12, 1943, and was promoted to first lieutenant in the Field Artillery in December 1943. He lived at 921 Lakeview Avenue, Laurel Springs NJ.
First Lieutenant Schaeffer was assigned to Battery D, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. He was killed in action during the airborne invasion of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, at the age of 24.
Warren Schaeffer was brought home to New Jersey after the war, and was buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly NJ on July 16, 1948.
Warren W. Schaeffer is buried at Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly NJ, Plot F 1584.
Schaefer Brothers Meet After 3 Years
Camden Courier-Post —
Two Laurel Springs brothers, after almost three years in the armed forces at widely separated stations, met recently in England. They are Flight Officer Robert C. Schaefer, a glider pilot, and Lieut. Warren Schaefer, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schaefer, of Lakeview avenue. Robert had been in North Africa and Sicily, while Warren is stationed in England.
Lt. W. W. Schaefer Funeral Friday
Camden Courier-Post —
Funeral services for First Lt. Warren W. Schaefer will be held Friday at noon in St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Laurel Springs. Burial will be in the U. S. National cemetery, Beverly. Military rites will be provided by Laurel Springs post, 259, American Legion.
Lieutenant Schaefer was killed in action on D-Day, June 6, 1944, at the age of 24.
He was a 1937 graduate of the Collingswood High school and had been a member of the swimming team of the school. He was a corporal in the N. J. National Guard in 1937 and entered the army in 1939.
He was commissioned a second lieutenant at Ft. Sill, Okla., Nov. 12, 1943, and was promoted to first lieutenant in the Field Artillery in December, 1943. He held a presidential citation and the Military Order of the Purple Heart. He lived at 921 Lakeview avenue, Laurel Springs.
Surviving are his widow, Inez H., Fayetteville, N. C.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M., Laurel Springs; a daughter, Jeanette, and three brothers, Robert, Edward and Richard in the Navy on the USS Fechteler.