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ROBERT LEE BANKS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 22, 1945 – August 27, 1966
Service recordRobert Lee Banks, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 50
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 501 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 501 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 50
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- EUGENE RAYMOND MOREAUSergeant · August 27, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 50
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10E, Line 50
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 51
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.