Name:
James N. Wilbanks
Rank:
Technician 5th Grade
Serial Number:
34508637
Unit:
633rd Quartermaster Laundry Company, 80th Quartermaster Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-12-01
State:
Tennessee
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
Plot:
C
Row:
9
Grave:
22
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
James N. Wilbanks was born on May 6, 1922, in Walnut, Mississippi. He served in the 633rd Quartermaster Laundry Company as a Technician 5th Grade during World War II. He was killed on December 1, 1944, in the bombardment on the coal mine terrain Julia, during the liberation of Kerkrade-Eygelshoven, The Netherlands. He was killed together with 16 soldiers and one civilian. T/5 Wilbanks is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.