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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Mark Hellman writes that his Father "had grown up in a German-speaking Lutheran farm family in Nebraska, gone to the Univ of Nebraska, graduating at age 19 and then getting an MA there in the mid-1930's in Latin and German. The momento that Ronald Friedman shared a photo of (below right) was a familiar object in our house.... One sad thing about the momento: 2nd Lt. Shafer was a replacement....2nd Lt. [[Kupferschmidt, Alfred (0552513)|Alfred Kupferschmidt]], was killed in action on February 25, 1945, three days after the photo (below left)...was taken." According to RB historian Dan Gross, "Captain [[Hellman, Fred W. (0907226)|Fred W. Hellman]] (1912-1991) graduated Class 20 (German) and was officer in charge of IPW 164 attached to XXI Corps. At end of October 1944, fifteen IPW teams (30 officers and 60 enlisted men) were transported to Camp Shanks and then embarked on the SS Aquitania to ETO (Scotland). (RB [[Horlick, Max (32567180)|Max Horlick]] was on same shipment) I didn’t know that [[Schafer, Karl H. (0556062)|Karl Schafer]] was a replacement for [[Kupferschmidt, Alfred (0552513)|Alfred Kupferschmidt]]."
At end of October 1944, fifteen IPW teams (30 officers and 60 enlisted men) were transported to Camp Shanks and then embarked on the SS Aquitania to ETO (Scotland). (RB [[Horlick, Max (32567180)|Max Horlick]] was on same shipment) I didn’t know that [[Schafer, Karl H. (0556062)|Karl Schafer]] was a replacement for [[Kupferschmidt, Alfred (0552513)|Alfred Kupferschmidt]]." Mark Hellman writes that his Father "had grown up in a German-speaking Lutheran farm family in Nebraska, gone to the Univ of Nebraska, graduating at age 19 and then getting an MA there in the mid-1930's in Latin and German.
 
The momento that Ronald Friedman shared a photo of (below right) was a familiar object in our house.... One sad thing about the momento: 2nd Lt. Shafer was a replacement....2nd Lt. [[Kupferschmidt, Alfred (0552513)|Alfred Kupferschmidt]], was killed in action on February 25, 1945, three days after the photo (below left)...was taken." According to RB historian Dan Gross, "Captain [[Hellman, Fred W. (0907226)|Fred W.
 
Hellman]] (1912-1991) graduated Class 20 (German) and was officer in charge of IPW 164 attached to XXI Corps.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==

Revision as of 13:06, 26 August 2026

Karl H. Schafer
Personal details
Born1922
Died2013
NativityGermany
ReligionProtestant
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
Arm / serviceCorps of Engineers
ASN0556062
RankSecond Lieutenant
Camp RitchieClass 22 (23 August – 21 October 1944)
Section5D
TeamIPW 164
Teammates
Team — IPW 164
These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.
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Karl H. Schafer (1922–2013) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 22 and served with IPW Team 164.

Biography

At end of October 1944, fifteen IPW teams (30 officers and 60 enlisted men) were transported to Camp Shanks and then embarked on the SS Aquitania to ETO (Scotland). (RB Max Horlick was on same shipment) I didn’t know that Karl Schafer was a replacement for Alfred Kupferschmidt." Mark Hellman writes that his Father "had grown up in a German-speaking Lutheran farm family in Nebraska, gone to the Univ of Nebraska, graduating at age 19 and then getting an MA there in the mid-1930's in Latin and German.

The momento that Ronald Friedman shared a photo of (below right) was a familiar object in our house.... One sad thing about the momento: 2nd Lt. Shafer was a replacement....2nd Lt. Alfred Kupferschmidt, was killed in action on February 25, 1945, three days after the photo (below left)...was taken." According to RB historian Dan Gross, "Captain Fred W. Hellman (1912-1991) graduated Class 20 (German) and was officer in charge of IPW 164 attached to XXI Corps.

Research notes

  • Replacement for Kupferschmidt

Gallery

Technical record

Field Imported value
Approx Age at Death 91
Class_ASN 556062
Class_Name SCHAFER, Karl H.
match_method asn_exact_name_exact
row_source both

Sources

  • Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
  • NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
  • 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
  • Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2018-01-10 (1 post)
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