Haffner Richard, Jr.

Monuments

First Infantry Division - Meuse Argonne

Name:

Richard, Jr. Haffner

Rank:

Private

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Unit:

3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-10-09

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Montrose Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois

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Richard Haffner, Jr. was born on November 3, 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company C, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 9, 1918 in France at the age of 22 and is now buried in Montrose Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. His name is commemorated on the First Infantry Division monument in Saint-Juvin, France but his surname is inscribed as Hasfner.