Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Richard Allen Banks

BranchNavy
RankCommander
Conflict / EraWorld War II; Korean War; Vietnam War
Years of Service1942 – 1966
Date of Birth07/24/1920
Date of Death03/25/2006
HometownParis, OH
AwardsBronze Star, American Defense Service Medal w/1 star; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w 7 stars; WW II Victory Medal; National Defense Serice Medal; Korean Service Medal; Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation;, Philippine Defense Medal w/2 stars; United Nations Service Medal; DSA Meritorious Service Award
Burial LocationCreamains spread in Memorial Prayer Garden at First United Methodist Church, Cocoa Beach, FL
Monument PaverSection C
SourceVeteran form, photograph, DD-214 submitted by Phyllis A. Banks; obituary, Marysville Journal-Tribune, 03/28/2006

Overseas service: Australia, Japan, Leyto Gulf, Pearl Harbor, HI. Church: First United Methodist Church, Cocoa Beach, FL. School: Marysville High School. Graduated from US Naval Academy in 1943

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument