Herbert Banks

Birthplace: Dickinson County, Kansas

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: 162nd Medical Battalion

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: May 22, 1942

Discharged: Oct 8, 1945

Highest Rank: PFC

Military Honors: Good Conduct Medal and the Bronze Service Arrowhead

Honored By: Talmage Kansas Historical Society and Eisenhower Foundation

Private Banks was a litter bearer, 657, and saw service in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, specifically in Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, North Apennines, and Po Valley. He was decorated with the Good Conduct Medal and the Bronze Service Arrowhead. He entered the service on May 22, 1942, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Private Banks was on Anzio beach for three of the four months the allies were pinned down there. He was wounded, having shrapnel in one leg, and was given a VA disability. PFC Banks was discharged honorably on October 8, 1945. Courtesy of the Talmage Historical Museum & Library.