Richard Wayne Bannister
Military Data
Unit 2nd Platoon, M Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, III MAF
Casualty Data
Start Tour 23 October 1967
Incident Date 27 December 1967
Casualty Date 27 December 1967
Age at Loss 19
Burial
Evergreen Cemetery, Erwin, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA
Location , South Vietnam
Remains Body recovered
Casualty Type Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason Ground casualty
Casualty Detail Gun or small arms fire
Vietnam Wall Panel 32E Line 068
Picture submitted by Mr. Sel J. Wong
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 27 July 1948
- Date of death: 27 December 1967
- County: Unicoi
- Hometown: Erwin
- Service Branch: Marine Corps
- Division/Assignment: 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Burial/Memorial Location: Evergreen Cemetery, Erwin, Unicoi County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXIV, Middle Panel
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