ISOB Richard Varian Banks - U.S. Air Service, WW1
Details:
In the cemtery near the CWGC section and the French military section, perhaps section 23.
Isolated BurialA horizontal private inscribed grave slab with crossed American and French flags.
The Isolated Burial (ISOB) of 2nd Lieutenant Richard Varian Banks who was killed in an automobile accident inear Nancy, France and died on October 30, 1918.
2LT Banks initally arrived with the American Field Service in June 1917 and served with the Transport Section 526 until November 18, 1917. He then enlisted U. S. Air Service on December 2, 1917. He trained in Tours and Issoudun (3rd Aviation Center) and was commissioned Second Lieutenant, May 18, 1918.
Source: Memorial Volume of the American Field Service, 1921
Monument Text:
LIEUTENANT
RICHARD BANKS
AIR SERVICE U.S.A
30 OCTOBER 1918
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
3rd Aviation Instruction Center
American Field Service
US Army Air Service
Wars:
WWI
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