Individual Details
Lewis E. Raffety
(8 Aug 1892 - 8 Mar 1929)
Son of Archie and Nannie Raffety.
Married Hazel Machen on 2/21/1921 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. The had one child together, Louis E. Raffety, born 5/12/1921 in Pine Bluff.
Raffety served in World War I as a private in Company C, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, seeing combat service in the trenches in France. His son would serve as a lieutenant in World War II in France and Holland with the 101st Airborne Division. He would die in combat at Eindhoven, Holland on 9/30/1944.
Married Hazel Machen on 2/21/1921 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. The had one child together, Louis E. Raffety, born 5/12/1921 in Pine Bluff.
Raffety served in World War I as a private in Company C, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, seeing combat service in the trenches in France. His son would serve as a lieutenant in World War II in France and Holland with the 101st Airborne Division. He would die in combat at Eindhoven, Holland on 9/30/1944.
Events
| Birth | 8 Aug 1892 | Arkansas | |||
| Marriage | 26 Feb 1921 | Jefferson County, Arkansas - Hazel Machen |  | ||
| Death | 8 Mar 1929 | Tennessee | |||
| Burial | Bellwood Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Hazel Machen (1904 - ) |
| Child | Lt. Louis E. Raffety (1921 - 1944) |
Endnotes
1. "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMK4-H94 : 24 June 2016), Louis Raffety and Hazel Machen, 1921..
2. Find A Grave Memorial# 102739256.