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JAMES C BANKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1948 – August 27, 1967
Service recordJames C Banks, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 503 INF 173 ABN BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 49
- PASCHAL GLENN BOGGSMajor · August 27, 1967
- EUGENE CHARLES CAMPBELLLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE COLEPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.