African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 June 1911 (1910), Louisiana. Died: 24 November 2000, New York. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL.
Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: bartender. In 1930 census he was employed at a Coca Cola plant. His father was William Banks and his mother was Mary Akins. He married Lydia I. Hill 26 July 1944 in New York.
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