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ROBERT ALAN BANKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1949 – May 9, 1969
Service recordRobert Alan Banks, of Shafter, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 27
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Shafter, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 27
- ROBERT JOSEPH ALERT JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- HAROLD DEAN BEACHCorporal · May 9, 1969
- GARY LEE BROOKHARTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- GERALD LEE CALLPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BROOKHARTPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 27
- GEORGE THOMAS HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 29
From Shafter
- JAMES EDWARD BROWNSergeant · July 18, 1967
- WINFORD R CRABBSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
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.