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DAVID LENOX BANKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1948 – April 21, 1969
Service recordDavid Lenox Banks, of Superior, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 17
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Superior, Wisconsin (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 17
- JONATHAN WAYNE ALLMANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- BUEL EDWARD ANDERSENSergeant · April 21, 1969
- JULIAN RAYE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD AUTREYSergeant · April 21, 1969
From Superior
- HOWARD DALE STROUSEMaster Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- VICTOR BERT MEYERSSergeant · August 9, 1968
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SHELLUMSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BOZINSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1969
- JAMES JOHN GUNDERSONSergeant · November 15, 1969
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.