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Personal info

Full name
BANTA, Cecil Riley
Date of birth
26 March 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Cass County, Indiana
Hometown
Elwood, Madison County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35097647
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Near Sinz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 4 17

Immediate family

Members
Charles V. Banta (father)
Henrietta (Rounds) Banta (mother)
Grace Banta (sister)
Mildred Banta (sister)
Violet (Brown) Banta (1st wife)
Gloria J. Banta (daughter)
Othella M. (Baldwin) Banta (2nd wife)

More information

Sgt Cecil R. Banta enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 17 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Talbert Rybolt Family Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – Mary Carson, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten,www.newspapers.com – The Call Leader Indiana - 17 February 1945