T4 Cyrus Edison Banton was born on 17 Aug 1917 in Nelson County, Virginia to Alvin Benjamin and Eva Estelle (Bryant) Banton. The family farmed near Lovingston, Virginia.
Cyrus was a PVT in a Lynchburg infantry unit of the National Guard in February 1941 when the unit was federalized. As a member of B Company 116th Infantry, he was with the unit on D-Day and survived without injury until 25 Oct 1944 when he was wounded. Evacuated to the hospital, he died of his wound(s) on 7 Nov 1944.
T4 Banton was repatriated and is buried in Saint Stephens Cemetery in Nelson County, Virginia.
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