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RICHARD ANTHONY BANKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1948 – July 16, 1968
Service recordRichard Anthony Banks, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 38
- GARY WAYNE BALLSpecialist Four · July 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES BARRHospitalman · July 16, 1968
- HAROLD E BOWMANSergeant · July 16, 1968
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.