United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
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U.S. Army Air Forces · United States 
Pete Bankston
Sergeant
1921 – 1944
Sergeant Pete Bankston served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Pete served with the 873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group (Very Heavy). Pete served in World War II.
Service Record
U.S. Army Air Forces
became the U.S. Air Force in 1947
873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group (Very Heavy)
Sergeant
1944
Conflicts
Memorials
Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
cut as BANKSTON PETE
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Section
Court 7
In Our Keeping
Permanent identifier
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Record added
October 13, 2026
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