Donald V. Banta

World War II
Service #39543116
Unit703rd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankTechnical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From California
Date of DeathFebruary 24 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
703rd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Technical Sergeant Donald V. Banta were accounted for in 2024. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.