Background
SHAFFER, Pearl M. was born on May 12, 1872 in Centerville, Iowa, United States. Son of William N. and Helen (Henaman) Shaffer.
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Pearl M. SHAFFER
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Iowa. State Teachers College, 1897. School of Line, Army Service Schools, 1920. Infantry. School, 1925.
Career
Commissioned Second Lieutenant, of Infantry., United States Army, 1898. First Lieutenant, 1899. Captain, 1904; Major, 1917.
Lieutenant Colonel, 1920. Colonel, 1920; served in Philippine Insurrection, 1899. Campaign against hostile Moros, Basilan, Philippine Islands, 1908.
Mexico Punitive Expedition, 1916-1917. Commanded 347 Infantry. in France, 1918. On General Staff Corps eligible list since 1928.
Professor Military Science and Tactics, Kansas. State College, 1903-1907, Iowa. State College, 1920-1924.
Instructor. National. Guard of Arizona, 1925-1926. Iowa. National. Guard, since 1926.
Membership
Member: American Legion. Veterans, of Foreign Wars. Masons, Scottish Rite, 32°.
Club: Des Moines (Des Moines, Iowa.).
Connections
Spouse Zepherine Ellen Towne, October 10, 1911.
