The 1st and 5th Battalions, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division lost 23 men at Hung Long,
in the An Lao Valley, 16 kilometers west of Tam Quan, on 08 April 1967.
In addition, 4 others from supporting units were lost in the same encounter:
- A Co, 1st Bn, 7th Cavalry
- B Co, 1st Bn, 7th Cavalry
- SSG James R. Banks, Dallas, TX (Silver Star)
- 1LT Michael Eugene Kraft, Evansville, IN
- CPL Peter Robert McCarthy, New York, NY
- SP4 Eddie James Mickens, Parrish, AL
- SP4 William P. Neutzling, Pomeroy, OH
- PFC Roger Leslie Pugh, New York, NY
- CPL Michael Allen Welch, Crockett, CA
- C Co, 1st Bn, 7th Cavalry
- SSG Nathan Eddlow Peacock, Winter Garden, FL
- PFC Michael Lloyd Priest, Idaho Falls, ID
- PFC Mcclure Thackerson, Hickory, NC
- SGT Evaristo Vilano, Corpus Christi, TX
- SP4 Gary Eugene Whipple, Pittsburgh, PA
- HHC, 1st Bn, 7th Cavalry
- B Co, 5th Bn, 7th Cavalry
- CPL Billy Kay Carver, Coweta OK
- CPT David Parker Gibson, Lawrence, KS
- CPL Charles Willis Heaps, Mount Joy, PA
- CPL Dorsie Eugene Register, Henrietta, MO
- SGT Vicente Diaz Sandoval, American Falls, ID
- SGT Lloyd Palmer Stearns, Yakima, WA
- C Co, 5th Bn, 7th Cavalry
- 1/21st Artillery, 25th Inf Platoon Scout Dog, 2/17th Artillery, and Division Artillery
Col. Irving M. Coleman, Chief of Staff presents the Silver Star to Mrs. Margaret A. Banks, widow of SSG James R. Banks. Ceremonies took place at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
SSG James Ralph Banks was survived by his mother Nola Adams Banks (d/o Alex Adams and Ida Hampton Adams),
father Otis Banks (1917-1971), siblings Otis Banks, Ronnie Joe Banks (1942-1994), Glyndon Ray Peppers,
Linda Fay (Peppers) Armitage, and Glenda Joyce Peppers.
He is buried in Isom Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Isom, Letcher County, Kentucky.
- - The Virtual Wall, December 17, 2018
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