Banks, Layton Thomas
Navy Coxswain

Layton Thomas Banks, age 20, from Selma, California, Fresno county.

Spouse: Dorothy Marie Banks

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: On Dec. 7, 1941, Banks was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Banks. Accounted for 2019
Cemetery: Buried in 2020 in Plano, Texas

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Selma Enterprise (1943)