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DINGUS BANKS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1946 – February 4, 1968
Service recordDingus Banks JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Military Police Officer (9110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Phu Yen Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 18
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- FREDRICK HALL BECKMEYERPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- BILLY JOE BLACKSTENFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK A WHITLOCKSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 29
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.