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Personal info

Full name
MARCHBANKS, R B
Date of birth
12 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Haskell, Haskell County, Texas
Hometown
Chaves County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38578467
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
German-Luxembourg border

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 71

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Marchbanks (father)
Sarah E. (Wheeler) Marchbanks (mother)
Alfred Marchbanks (brother)
Hansel D. F. Marchbanks (brother)
Curtis M. Marchbanks (brother)
Junie L. Marchbanks (sister)
Jessie Marchbanks (sister)
Albert Marchbanks (brother)
Charles D. Marchbanks (brother)
Maxie I. Marchbanks (sister)
Ethel M. (Cain) Marchbanks (wife)
R. B. Marchbanks Jr. (son)
Susie D. Marchbanks (daughter)

More information

Pvt R. B. Marchbanks enlisted in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / New Mexico World War II records, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet