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Personal info

Full name
BANNER, Walter M
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Knox County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
14024130
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Truck Driver
Unit
A Company,
17th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 13 31

Immediate family

Members
Frank Banner (father)
Ellen (Helton) Banner (mother)
Avery Banner (brother)
Anna L. Banner (sister)
Chester Banner (brother)
Bonnie Banner (sister)
Roxie Banner (sister)
Roy L. Banner (brother)

More information

T/4 Walter M. Banner attended Lonsdale School in Knoxville, Tennessee and was employed in an extract plant before he joined the Regular Army at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 19 September 1940.

According to an article in the Knoxville Journal T/4 Banner was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his work as a truck driver in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. However, his MOS code was 736, which means he must have been a tank crewman. Therefore it can be assumed that he was awarded the medal for his duties as a member of a tank crew.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Knoxville News Sentinel Tennessee 26 April 1945 / The Knoxville Journal 22 June 1945 ‏

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Knoxville News Sentinel 26 April 1945