From the April 2017 Federal Point Historic Preservation Society Newsletter.
CLAUDE R. PFAFF-- 1892-1983
2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army-- 1918
The society's History Center in Carolina Beach, N.C. has a new exhibit marking the centennial of the U.S. entry into World War I and his uniform is on display, thanks to its loan by member Gerri Cohen.
He was born September 1892 in Pfafftown, Forsyth County, North Carolina. He was of Moravian heritage and spent his formative years playing in the Bethania Moravian Band. After attending Bethania High School, he earned his bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Class of 1917 (1917?)). As part of his matriculation, he taught school at Mount Tabor.
In 1917, the United States formally entered World War I. Pfaff, like most young men to graduate that spring, knew he was likely to be drafted into the military as soon as he graduated. The university offered to waive all final exams to anyone who volunteered so he joined the Army.
--Cooter
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