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ROBERT ALLEN BANKS
Private · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – March 14, 1970
Service recordRobert Allen Banks, of Antwerp, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 125
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Antwerp, Ohio (Paulding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 125
- THOMAS URQUHARTCorporal · March 13, 1970
- CHARLES ALFRED VARNERPrivate First Class · March 13, 1970
- SAMUEL GARCIA YBARRACorporal · March 13, 1970
- GLENN RICHARD BREWSTERSergeant · March 14, 1970
From Antwerp
- THEODORE MENDEZ SRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1969
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.