The Wilbanks surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,107 people carried this name — #4,384 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 8,037 in 2000.

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Wilbanks in American newspapers,
1883–1919.

Newspaper page from The Commercial carrying the name Wilbanks
The Commercial 1919-11-28
Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name Wilbanks
The Herald 1894-02-22
Newspaper page from Delta Chief carrying the name Wilbanks
Delta Chief 1883-10-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,163 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Wilbanks,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas J. Wilbanks 1938–2017 · geographer

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wilbanks,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States341 records

341 records of the Wilbanks name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 265
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John K. Wilbanks

    Born 1923 in Georgia. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Jefferson, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Hardy Wilbanks

    Born 1949; from Grand Saline, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Fagin L. Wilbanks

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1935, died 2001; buried at Community Pentecostal Church Cemetery, Walnut, Mississippi.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 341 records for Wilbanks in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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