746 R.O.B - Donald James Banyard obit


Died Oct. 15, 2011
Pocatello Bannock County Idaho, USA

POCATELLO - Donald James Banyard, 96, Pocatello, passed away Saturday evening, Oct. 15, 2011, at a local health care center.
A special thank you to Highland Hills and Idaho Home Health and Hospice.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. in the Cornelison Funeral Chapel, 431 N. 15th Ave., Pocatello. Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, with military graveside rites by the Pocatello Veterans Honor Guard.
In lieu of flowers memorials in Donald's memory can be made to the charity of the donor's choice .
Arrangements are under the direction of the Cornelison Funeral Home, 431 N. 15th Ave., Pocatello, 232-0542. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.cornelisonfh.com.
Published in Idaho State Journal on October 21, 2011

His neighbor wrote me  in 2010 ....I have a neighbor who is having his 96th birthday in a couple of weeks.  He was an engineer with the  746 ROB, 1944-1946.  I told his wife I would gather some information 

746th Railway Operating Battlion - Never to forget : an informal history of Company D 746 R.O.B Donald James Banyard

Special thanks to friend and neighbor WFerguson for sharing with all of us Mr Donald James Banyard copies of his MRS unit's history. Below you will find a scanned pdf of Never to forget : an informal history of Company D 746 R.O.B and a scanned image of the original.