John Edward Banister
Lance Corporal
H&MS-17, MWSG-17, 1ST MAW, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Peoria, Illinois
July 07, 1948 to April 16, 1969
JOHN E BANISTER is on the Wall at Panel W27, Line 92

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17 Aug 2003

Four men died on 14 April 1969 when CH-46A BuNo 153361 was shot down while on a medevac mission to "Charlie Ridge":

LCpl John E Banister wasn't assigned to HMM-364 but he was flying with and died with the Purple Foxes in Vietnam, and is remembered by the women who waited at home, whether mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, or friends. Those women, the

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Purple Foxy Ladies

continue to support today's Purple Foxes of HMM-364 as they serve our country.

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