James Richard Gaffney was born June 3, 1922 to Walter Thomas and Olive M. Kirschbaum Gaffney. He died Sept. 28, 1944 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Ryan, IA.
Pvt. Gaffney served in World War II with the U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division, 36th Infantry Regiment and was KIA near Aachen, Germany.
Source: ancestry.com
