- My Dad Private First Class Paul Baneky was a Gunner on a M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer in the 704 Tank Destroyer Battalion 4th Armored Division He was shot 3 times in head and survived and patched up and was sent back to fight in the battle of the bulge in the Ardennes. . . He was awarded 2 olive leaf clusters a purple heart and a bronze star. He still had shrapnel imbedded behind his ear until the day that he died .he lived to be 79 years old He used to take me to all of the $th Armored Division Conventions every year from the time I was 5 years old to 1974. He was mentioned in the stars and stripes newspaper for his heroic actions in france He is now buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington Virginia .