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Personal info

Full name
CABANISS, Walter Marcus Jr
Date of birth
12 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Hometown
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O1292654
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Fontenay, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 19 39

Immediate family

Members
Walter M. Cabaniss (father)
Inez (Eaton) Cabaniss (mother)
Maria I. Cabaniss (sister)
Gene M. Cabaniss (sister)
Ann F. Cabaniss (sister)
Charles D. Cabaniss (brother)
Harry L. Cabaniss (brother)
Samuel G. Cabaniss (brother)
Robert B. Cabaniss (brother)
Juanita T. Cabaniss (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Walter M. Cabaniss Jr. attended college before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Dallas, Texas on 10 February 1942.

He is remembered at the Garland Memorial Park in Garland, Dallas County, Texas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Charles D. Cabaniss, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Taggart Moody Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Charlie Vines, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com – Andy / Charles D. Cabaniss, www.ancestry.com - Staggar