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
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/