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VINCENT NORVELL BANKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 17, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordVincent Norvell Banks, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 63
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Rock Hill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 63
- MICHAEL LEE ZAPPIAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- GERALD DAVID ZAWADZKICorporal · February 25, 1969
- IRIA DANIEL BARNETTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- STEPHEN SCOTT NIEDERHAUSESpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
From Rock Hill
- CARL E HARRISSergeant · November 15, 1965
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1966
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- LIBERT JAMES WELDON JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES ELVIN MCDOWELLStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- ANDREW SPRINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES LEWIS MORGANLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GAROLD RAY SIMMERSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- JAMES ALVIN CARPENTERPrivate First Class · March 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.