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JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 15, 1941 – March 29, 1966
Service recordJohn Lawrence Banks III, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 29, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 59
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1966; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 59
- COLON RICARDO RODRIGUEZSergeant · March 28, 1966
- GREGORY VAN ARMSTEADPrivate · March 29, 1966
- THOMAS BINIONSergeant · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD COLEMANPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
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.