Chaffee, Davis Elliott, ENS

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Ensign

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1941-1942, 131X, USS Yorktown (CV-5)

Service Years
1941 - 1942

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Ohio

Year of Birth
1915

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Casualty Info

Home Town Heartland Township, OH	Last Address 915 2nd St Sandusky, OH (father-Wallace E Chaffee)

Casualty Date May 07, 1942
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines	Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing (Cenotaph)

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2016, World War II Fallen
	2016, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2016, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2016, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page

1941-1942, 131X, VB-5

From Month/Year - / 1941	To Month/Year - / 1942
Unit VB-5 Unit Page
Rank Ensign	NEC 131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	VB-5 Details

	Type Aviation Fixed Wing
	Parent Unit Fixed Wing	Strength Navy Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Mar 27, 2008

Yearbook

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6 Members Also There at Same Time

VB-5

Adams, Samuel, LT, (1935-1942)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant
Powers, John James, LT, (1931-1942)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant
Bigelow, LaVell, CAPT, (1939-1968)	OFF	131X	Ensign
Kinzer, Edward Blaine, ENS, (1939-1942)	OFF	131X	Ensign
Karrol, Joseph John, PO1, (1934-1942)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Arnold, Murr Edward, RADM, (1923-1962)			Lieutenant Commander