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Personal info

Full name
BANEVICH, Walter Eugene
Date of birth
16 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Corning, Perry County, Ohio
Hometown
Corning, Perry County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35295567
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kinsweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 14 27

Immediate family

Members
Charles Banevich (father)
Anna (Kulaga) Banevich (mother)
Edward F. Banevich (brother)
Edmond T. Banevich (brother)
Anna C. Banevich (sister)
John B. Banevich (brother)
Martha M. Banevich (sister)
Charles L. Banevich (brother)
Paul A. Banevich (brother)
Mary L. Banevich (sister)

More information

Pvt Walter E. Banevich graduated from St. Bernard Parochial School in 1943.

Pvt Banevich was wounded in action on 15 August 1944. after recovering in a hospital in England, he returned to his unit.

All of the six brothers of the family served during the war.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Sunday Times Signal

Photo source: Niek Schoonbrood, www.newspapers.com - The Times Recorder 14 March 1944