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Banks, Clyde

Rank and Name, Cook Third Class Clyde Banks.

Unit/Placed in, USS Flier (SS-250) Submarine, United States Naval Reserve.

 

Clyde is born approx. on 6 Dec. 1922 in Ohio.

Father, Samuel Zeke Banks.

Mother, Myrtle Banks.

Brother(s), Samuel Banks Jr.

 

Clyde enlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 6120730.

 

Clyde was KIA when the Submarine struck a Mine in the Balabac Straigt (near Vietnam), Sulu Sea on 13 Aug. 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Clyde is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Clyde also has a Memorial Grave at Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA.

 

Thanks to, http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org

Website,

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

USS Flier (SS-250) Submarine
Location wreck Balalac Strait
Memorial
Clyde Banks
His rank Cook Third Class