USMC WORLD WAR II
Corp Norval T. Banks MIA/KIA Marianas Is, June 15, 1944,
Hometown: Baltimore Maryland
Mother, Mrs. Grace A. Morley Banks
Unit Company B, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
Service# 389322
Awards: Silver Star Purple Heart
Corp Banks appears Courts of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, lost on the night of D-day June 15th 1944. His memorial Mountain View Cemetery Marriottsville Maryland, is a cenotaph his body was never recovered or identified.
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Corporal Norval Thomas Banks (MCSN: 389322), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the Fourth Tank Battalion, FOURTH Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces during the landing operations on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 15 June 1944. Embarked in a lighter that was listing dangerously as a result of the faulty loading of a tank, Corporal Banks courageously and without hesitation volunteered to exposed himself to heavy enemy artillery and mortar fire by adding his weight to the starboard side in an effort to prevent the craft from capsizing before it reached shore, but was instantly killed when a hostile shell hit the lighter. Corporal Banks inspiring conduct and selfless devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
Corp Norval T. Banks MIA/KIA Marianas Is, June 15, 1944,
Hometown: Baltimore Maryland
Mother, Mrs. Grace A. Morley Banks
Unit Company B, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
Service# 389322
Awards: Silver Star Purple Heart
Corp Banks appears Courts of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, lost on the night of D-day June 15th 1944. His memorial Mountain View Cemetery Marriottsville Maryland, is a cenotaph his body was never recovered or identified.
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Corporal Norval Thomas Banks (MCSN: 389322), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the Fourth Tank Battalion, FOURTH Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces during the landing operations on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 15 June 1944. Embarked in a lighter that was listing dangerously as a result of the faulty loading of a tank, Corporal Banks courageously and without hesitation volunteered to exposed himself to heavy enemy artillery and mortar fire by adding his weight to the starboard side in an effort to prevent the craft from capsizing before it reached shore, but was instantly killed when a hostile shell hit the lighter. Corporal Banks inspiring conduct and selfless devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
USMC WORLD WAR II
Corp Norval T. Banks MIA/KIA Marianas Is, June 15, 1944,
Hometown: Baltimore Maryland
Mother, Mrs. Grace A. Morley Banks
Unit Company B, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
Service# 389322
Awards: Silver Star Purple Heart
Corp Banks appears Courts of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, lost on the night of D-day June 15th 1944. His memorial Mountain View Cemetery Marriottsville Maryland, is a cenotaph his body was never recovered or identified.
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Corporal Norval Thomas Banks (MCSN: 389322), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the Fourth Tank Battalion, FOURTH Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces during the landing operations on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 15 June 1944. Embarked in a lighter that was listing dangerously as a result of the faulty loading of a tank, Corporal Banks courageously and without hesitation volunteered to exposed himself to heavy enemy artillery and mortar fire by adding his weight to the starboard side in an effort to prevent the craft from capsizing before it reached shore, but was instantly killed when a hostile shell hit the lighter. Corporal Banks inspiring conduct and selfless devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
Corp Norval T. Banks MIA/KIA Marianas Is, June 15, 1944,
Hometown: Baltimore Maryland
Mother, Mrs. Grace A. Morley Banks
Unit Company B, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
Service# 389322
Awards: Silver Star Purple Heart
Corp Banks appears Courts of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, lost on the night of D-day June 15th 1944. His memorial Mountain View Cemetery Marriottsville Maryland, is a cenotaph his body was never recovered or identified.
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Corporal Norval Thomas Banks (MCSN: 389322), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the Fourth Tank Battalion, FOURTH Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces during the landing operations on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 15 June 1944. Embarked in a lighter that was listing dangerously as a result of the faulty loading of a tank, Corporal Banks courageously and without hesitation volunteered to exposed himself to heavy enemy artillery and mortar fire by adding his weight to the starboard side in an effort to prevent the craft from capsizing before it reached shore, but was instantly killed when a hostile shell hit the lighter. Corporal Banks inspiring conduct and selfless devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
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