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Personal info

Full name
BANE, William Daniel
Date of birth
11 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia
Hometown
Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33657337
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Jussarupt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 23

Immediate family

Members
Craig W. Bane (father)
Elizabeth M. (Reid) Bane (mother)
Nannie E. Bane (sister)
Luther R. Bane (brother)
Cleo C. Bane (brother)
Rowe B. Bane (brother)
Rosie L. Bane (sister)
Virginia Bane (sister)
Estelle F. Bane (sister)
Percy E. Bane (brother)
John H. Bane (brother)
Leonard M. Bane (brother)
Blanche A. Bane (sister)

More information

Pvt William D. Bane attended high school for two years and was a motor vehicles mechanic and repairman.
He enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 18 September 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1911
141aar-October-November-1944.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight “Andy” Anderson