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FLOYD JACKSON BANKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1946 – December 6, 1969
Service recordFloyd Jackson Banks, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 31
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 31
- JOE WITHERSPOONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1969
- FOSTER CRANMERSergeant · December 6, 1969
- ALAN DENNIS CURTISAirman First Class · December 6, 1969
- ROLLAND LEON DURFLINGERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.