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Personal info

Full name
BANKER, Raymond Edward
Date of birth
26 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32835680
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
24 July 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 14 5

Immediate family

Members
Walter Banker (father)
Anna (Epstein) Banker (mother)
Howard Banker (brother)
Ruth Banker (sister)
John Banker (brother)
Kenneth Banker (brother)

More information

Pfc Raymond E. Banker attended high school for three years and was a welder, employed by the Joe’s Auto Parts Co.
He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 18 March 1943.
On 24 July 1945 he died in an evacuation hospital in Germany from pneumonia. The exact location is not known.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - JoMarRo