Spec. Derek R. Banks
Hometown: Newport News, Virginia, U.S.
Age: 24 years old
Died: November 14, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army National Guard, 237th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st Troop Command, Virginia National Guard, West Point, Va.
Incident: Died Nov. 14 in San Antonio of wounds suffered Oct. 25 in Baghdad when the vehicle he was in struck a makeshift bomb.
Related Links:
Newport News Guardsman Dies of Wounds Inflicted by Iraqi Bomb (The Washington Post, Nov. 16, 2007)
