;WITH x AS
(
SELECT ID, NAME, [DATE],
rn = ROW_NUMBER() OVER
(PARTITION BY NAME ORDER BY [DATE] DESC)
FROM @TESTABLE
)
SELECT ID, NAME, [DATE] FROM x WHERE rn = 1
ORDER BY [DATE] DESC;
Trate de evitar palabras reservadas (y nombres de columna imprecisos) como [DATE]
...