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HENRY DUANE BANKS
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1939 – July 14, 1968
Service recordHenry Duane Banks, of Prescott, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 26
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- January 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Prescott, Arizona (Yavapai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 26
- DENNIS DEE ANDREWSFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- FRANK LEROY AUTENLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- WARREN KEITH BROWNFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD BUSHONGSergeant · July 14, 1968
From Prescott
- ANTONIO GILBERTO YESCASSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · March 11, 1967
- JOHN J ROBERTSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EVERETT MARTINSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1967
- FORTINO JAMES APOLINARPetty Officer Third Class · January 3, 1968
- WILLIAM ARLIN JORDANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY HOLLMENPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- JAMES SCOTT BROWNCorporal · May 10, 1968
- DAVID ALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 5, 1968
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.