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DONALD MELVEN WILBANKS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 3, 1947 – September 6, 1968
Service recordDonald Melven Wilbanks, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 59
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 59
- RALPH JAMES LUNDTechnical Sergeant · September 6, 1968
- CAROL EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE WOOLBRIGHTPrivate · September 6, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HOWARD ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 45W, Line 47
- JAMES EUGENE BARNHILLSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 47
- DEAN ALLAN BELLSpecialist Five · Panel 45W, Line 47
- GREGORY LEE BOMBERRYSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 48
- WILLIAM CANNIONSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 48
- ROBERT O CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 48
- LLOYD THOMAS DARLINGCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 49
- JEFFREY ALAN DAVISSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 49
- BENJAMIN TALLY DAWKINSSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 49
- JEFFREY ALAN EVANSSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 50
- ROBERT ALLEN GAMBERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 50
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 50
- GEORGE ADEN GERALDSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 50
- MICHAEL LYNN GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 51
- KENNETH BRUCE JENKINSCaptain · Panel 45W, Line 53
- GUS WINSLOW JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 53
- JOHN FRANKLIN KELLYCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 53
- MICHAEL CAREY KOLAROVCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 53
- JIMMY DAVIS LEMLEYSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 54
- STEVE ALLEN LIVENGOODPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 54
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTESCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 54
- EDWIN ALLAN PENNSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 55
- THOMAS WYATT HARRISCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 56
- RANDOLPH SAMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 56
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.