JOHN L BANKS III
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HONORED ON PANEL 6E, LINE 59 OF THE WALL

JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS III

WALL NAME

JOHN L BANKS III

PANEL / LINE

6E/59

DATE OF BIRTH

10/15/1941

CASUALTY PROVINCE

PLEIKU

DATE OF CASUALTY

03/29/1966

HOME OF RECORD

DULUTH

COUNTY OF RECORD

St. Louis County

STATE

MN

BRANCH OF SERVICE

AIR FORCE

RANK

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REMEMBRANCES

LEFT FOR JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS III
POSTED ON 1.11.2023
POSTED BY: Ralph F. Wetterhahn

Rest In Peace Roommate

From our days in pilot training and the laughter and songs we sang, then on to things both dangerous and exciting. You gave it all, my friend, and I still miss you.
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POSTED ON 8.4.2021
POSTED BY: john fabris

honoring you...

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from Gary Gilchrist is especially poignant. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....
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POSTED ON 10.15.2019
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston

I'm proud of our Vietnam Veterans

First Lieutenant John Lawrence Banks III, Served with the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, 463rd Troop Carrier Wing, 13th Air Force.
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POSTED ON 10.14.2019

Final Mission of 1LT John L. Banks III

On March 29, 1966, a United States Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules (#61-0953) from the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron was on a GCA (ground-control approach) final at night to Pleiku Air Base when it touched down a few hundred yards short of runway and crashed. Three crewmen were killed in the mishap. They included pilot LTC Lee B. Tate, co-pilot 1LT John L. Banks III, and flight mechanic A1C Ronald C. Logan. Two other crewmen survived with injuries. The crew was completing one of its first resupply missions on the airfield at the time of the accident. Visibility was poor due to darkness and marginal weather conditions. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, c-130.net, wikipedia.org, baaa-acro.com, and “Return Body of Airman Who Died in Viet Nam Crash.” St. Joseph News-Press-Gazette (St. Jospeh, MO), April 7, 1966]
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POSTED ON 3.9.2018

If I should die...remembranvces for 1LT John L. BANKS, USAF...who gave his life for all of us!!

If I should die, and leave you here awhile, be not like others, sore undone, who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep...for MY sake, turn again to life, and smile...Nerving thy heart, and trembling hand to do something to comfort other hearts than thine...Complete these dear, unfinished tasks of mine...and I, perchance, may therein comfort you.
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