Rank/Rate	Master Chief Electrician's Mate
Birth Date	September 26, 1926
From	Fort Pierce, Florida
Decorations
Submarine	USS Thresher (SSN-593)
Loss Date	April 10, 1963
Location	Approximately 300 miles off the coast of New England
Circumstances	Most likely cause of the sinking was a failure in either a pipe, a pipe valve, or a hull weld, causing flooding near the engine room
Remarks	Brother of John Davis Shafer, also lost on Thresher

 

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