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MICHAEL DEAN BANTA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1949 – October 2, 1970
Service recordMichael Dean Banta, of Cordova, Alaska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 105
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Cordova, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 105
- MARK ALLEN OLSONPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- RONALD KEVIN ALLGOODSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- WILLIAM I ALLSBROOK JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
- ROBERT WARREN ALVERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENNETT JOSEPH DAIGLESergeant · Panel 7W, Line 106
- KENNETH ODELL DICKSONSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 106
- GEORGE RUSSELL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 106
From Cordova
- DAVID HENRY ELISOVSKYSergeant · January 23, 1966
- DAVID ALEN LAPEWarrant Officer 1 · November 27, 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.