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JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – January 27, 1967
Service recordJohn Francis Bankowski, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 84
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 84
- EDWIN LLOYD YOUNGMANHospitalman · January 26, 1967
- RUSSELL MICHAEL ZGRABIKCorporal · January 26, 1967
- JOSEPH PHILLIP ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ARMAND JAMES AUFIEREPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PHILLIP ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 84
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 85
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 87
- LEROY W PEAGLERSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 88
From Dearborn Heights
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · October 27, 1967
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- DONALD JAMES SPATAFOREPrivate · March 13, 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.