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ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 15, 1930 – March 23, 1961
Service recordAlfons Aloyze Bankowski, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1961, in Laos, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 314 AIR DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1961
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1961. In March 1961, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “314 AIR DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Laos, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 1
- DALE RICHARD BUISMajor · July 8, 1959
- CHESTER MELVIN OVNANDMaster Sergeant · July 8, 1959
- MAURICE W FLOURNOYStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1960
Same unit, same day
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 3
From Stamford
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT CAUTHERNCorporal · November 8, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.