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IRVIN SYLVESTER BANKS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 29, 1945 – April 8, 1967
Service recordIrvin Sylvester Banks, of Cumberland, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Virginia (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; 24 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 119
- THOMAS PATTERSONSergeant · April 7, 1967
- BERNARD MONROE THOMASSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- PATRICK JOHN TRODDENPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES R BANKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 120
- BILLY KAY CARVERCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 120
- ROGER DALE COOPERSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 121
- TERRY LEE ELLENDERCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 121
- JAY FRANKLIN GEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 121
- DAVID PARKER GIBSONCaptain · Panel 17E, Line 121
- MANCE KENNETH HARGRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 122
- CHARLES WILLIS HEAPSCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 123
- JAMES NOEL KATRENICSCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 124
- MICHAEL EUGENE KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 124
- DAVID WAYNE LAURITSENPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 124
- EDDIE JAMES MICKENSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 125
- PETER ROVERT MCCARTHYCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 126
- WILLIAM P NEUTZLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 126
- NATHAN EDDLOW PEACOCK JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 127
- MICHAEL LLOYD PRIESTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 128
- ROGER LESLIE PUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 128
- DORSIE EUGENE REGISTERCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 128
- VICENTE DIAZ SANDOVALSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 128
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 129
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 129
- JOHN EDWARD TARANTOWICZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 129
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 1
- EVARISTO VILANOSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 1
From Cumberland
- CASEY OWEN WALLERSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.