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MICHAEL FRANCIS BANKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1947 – September 7, 1969
Service recordMichael Francis Banks, of Joanna, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Joanna, South Carolina (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 52
- WILLIE JAMES WASHINGTONPrivate · September 6, 1969
- STEVEN WAYNE WILSONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
- STEPHEN WALTER YOUNGSecond Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- TOLLIE BAILEYCorporal · September 7, 1969
From Joanna
- REGINALD GEORGE MORSEWarrant Officer 1 · March 5, 1967
- DENNIS CARROLL STROUDPrivate First Class · March 30, 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.