The Wall › Panel 52E › Michigan › Richard Steven Banks
RICHARD STEVEN BANKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1947 – April 28, 1968
Service recordRichard Steven Banks, of Galesburg, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 32
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Galesburg, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 32
- WAYNE EDWARD SEXTONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYKORASergeant · April 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- ROGER DAVID ZEIGLERCorporal · April 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DOUGLAS CAINPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 34
- ROBERT LEE GLENN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 37
- DALE EVAN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 37
- WILLIAM HARRY HOLLMENPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 38
- PEDRO ANTO MAYMI-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 40
- LUIS R MUNOZSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 40
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.