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STERLING CLARK BANKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1945 – May 4, 1968
Service recordSterling Clark Banks, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 30
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
- April 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 30
- FRED PATRICK STAFFORDPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- ORAL RAY TERRYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1968
- RONALD CARLIS ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- SAMUEL HAROLD BONIFANTStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EARNEST SWANSON JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 32
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 34
- JOHN TIMOTHY LANEPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 36
- JERRY LENNONSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 36
- SAMUEL THOMAS NEIL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 38
- DONALD EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
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.