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MACARIO S BANDA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordMacario S Banda, of Austin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 10
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 10
- CLARENCE CLIFTON ADAMSSergeant · February 11, 1969
- DONALD MILLARD ASHTON JRCorporal · February 11, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM BENNETTCorporal · February 11, 1969
- DUANE ALFRED DEVEGASergeant · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAFAEL CRUZ-CRUZCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 11
- VICTOR CHARLES NAVONE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 15
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.