View source for WALTER L. SHAFFER, LCDR, USN

{{KeyDates|DoB=April 11, 1916|DoD=November 16, 1944|Age=28|name_class=Walter Shaffer '40}}

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|LBName=WALTER LEVIS SHAFFER
|LBHometown=Reading, Pennsylvania
|LBNickname=Shaff
|LBText=From a moderately sized town nestled in one of Pennsylvania's valleys came Walt to commence his career in the Navy. A young man of ability there, he has not changed in the transplanting. His interests are of a varied nature, and his forte, athletics. In entering the Navy, he has diverted his tenacious and energetic personality into a field wherein it is bound to flourish. Possessed of a fiery yet commanding loquaciousness and a pen of flowing expertness, his capacity for self-expression should lead him far in the attainment of his ambitions, which are as abundant and as well founded as his abilities.
|LBECAs=''Basketball N, 2, 1; Basketball N.A., 3; Lacrosse N.A., 3, 2; Lacrosse 1, 1; Moving Gang 4, 3, 2, Chief Operator 1; Trident 3, 2, Editor Calendar 1; Excellence in Great Guns; 3 Stripes.''}}

== Loss ==
Walt was lost when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Scamp_(SS-277) USS Scamp (SS 277)] was sunk, possibly by a Japanese surface craft or mine, south of Tokyo Bay, [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/united-states-submarine-losses/scamp-ss-277.html probably on] November 16, 1944.

== Other Information ==
From researcher Kathy Franz:
<blockquote>
His father was Albert, mother Caroline, sisters Frances and Evelyn.
</blockquote>

His wife was [http://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNbyNameS.htm listed as] next of kin. Walter has [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99098341 a memory marker] in Pennsylvania.

== Legion of Merit ==
[http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/shaffer-w-l.htm On Eternal Patrol] says he was twice awarded the Legion of Merit, but unable to those find citations.

== Photographs ==
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File:1940 Shaffer LB 1.jpg|From the Lucky Bag
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