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CPL Bob Ray Bannister

Birth
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
18 Aug 1950 (aged 22)
South Korea
Burial
Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Ocean View, 47, G
Memorial ID
View Source
Veteran of World War II
Veteran of Korean War
United States Army

Ultimate Sacrifice
Corporal Bannister was a member of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on August 18, 1950. Corporal Bannister was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.

Census
1930 Census, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma; 412 South Morton Ave.
-Virginia Banstister, head, 39, widow, b. MO, father TN, mother MO
-Bobbie* R Banstister, son, 1, b. OK
-Darvine Ellis, dau, 18, married age 16, b. AR, father IL, mother MO, cook private family
-Fred O Ellis, son, 16, b. AR, father IL, mother MO, laborer odd jobs
-Ben Haner, son, 11, b. OK, father OK, mother MO

1940 Census, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma; 126 Theodore
-Virginia Bannister, head, 48, widow, b. MO
-Ben Haner, son, 21, b. OK, Trucker farm
-Bobby* R Bannister, son, 11, b. OK
-Clydene Bannister, dau, 27, b OK

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
Name: Bob R. Bannister
Birth: 1923 [1928]
Home City: Los Angeles, California
Death: 18 Aug 1950 Korea
Death Description: Killed in Action
War: Korean War
Title: CORPORAL, U.S. Army
Service ID 19241757
Notes Corporal Bannister was a member of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on August 18, 1950. Corporal Bannister was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
Data Source Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Veteran of World War II
Veteran of Korean War
United States Army

Ultimate Sacrifice
Corporal Bannister was a member of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on August 18, 1950. Corporal Bannister was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.

Census
1930 Census, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma; 412 South Morton Ave.
-Virginia Banstister, head, 39, widow, b. MO, father TN, mother MO
-Bobbie* R Banstister, son, 1, b. OK
-Darvine Ellis, dau, 18, married age 16, b. AR, father IL, mother MO, cook private family
-Fred O Ellis, son, 16, b. AR, father IL, mother MO, laborer odd jobs
-Ben Haner, son, 11, b. OK, father OK, mother MO

1940 Census, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma; 126 Theodore
-Virginia Bannister, head, 48, widow, b. MO
-Ben Haner, son, 21, b. OK, Trucker farm
-Bobby* R Bannister, son, 11, b. OK
-Clydene Bannister, dau, 27, b OK

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
Name: Bob R. Bannister
Birth: 1923 [1928]
Home City: Los Angeles, California
Death: 18 Aug 1950 Korea
Death Description: Killed in Action
War: Korean War
Title: CORPORAL, U.S. Army
Service ID 19241757
Notes Corporal Bannister was a member of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on August 18, 1950. Corporal Bannister was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
Data Source Korean War Veterans Honor Roll

Inscription

Bob Ray Bannister
Oklahoma
CPL 19 INF 24 INF DIV
World War II Korea
May 8 1928 ✞ Aug 18 1950



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