Rank: Private First Class
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 7-May-1948
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 21-Mar-1967
Start of tour: 30-Mar-1968
Incident date: 16-Jul-1968
Date of casualty: 16-Jul-1968
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Richard Anthony Banks died from wounds received while driver of military vehicle on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio, USA
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