US PARAS Banks, Wilbur M.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Banks ​

• FORENAME

Wilbur M. ​

• UNIT

551 Parachute Infantry Bn (Company A) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

39836011 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

3rd January 1945 ​

• AGE

29​

• GRAVESITE

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium Plot F Row 9 Grave 46 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Solano, California​

born 19.12.1915, Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, USA​

father Mervin H. Banks (1889-1952)​

mother Mary Grace (nee Brougher) Banks (1891-1967)​

1935 graduated Camp Hill High School​

4 years high school​

civil occupation unskilled construction​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

entered service 1.4.1942 San Francisco, California​

Next of kin - Mr. Mervin H. Banks, 204 Bosler Avenue, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania​

DOW Belgium ​

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