August 2023 – Keeper Of The Flame

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August 21, 2023 Published by Randy Murray

John Jerrold Banion

10/14/1932 – 9/3/2009
Branch: Navy
Rank: TM3C SS
Service Dates: 1951 – 1955
County: Pettis
City: Sedalia, MO
Conflicts/Significant Events: Korea, Submarine USS Blackfin
Story uploaded: Friday, September 28, 2007 / Updated: Friday August 18th, 2023

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August 14, 2023 (updated August 14, 2023) Published by Randy Murray

Luther Keith Elliott

March 29th, 1936 – January 22nd, 2010
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Outfit: Signal Corps Fort Lewis
Service Dates: 1959 – 1961
Home County: Moniteau
Story uploaded: Thursday, September 3, 2009 / Updated: August 14, 2023

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August 7, 2023 Published by Randy Murray

Birl Shelby Stewart

3/16/1921 – 8/17/2010
Branch: Army
Rank: Corporal
Unit: 438th
Outfit: AAA Battalion
Service Dates: 1942 – 1945
Veteran Station: ETO
City & County: Branson, Lawrence
Conflicts/Significant Events: World War II, Invasion of Normandy
Interviewed at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon, Mo. Story uploaded: Thursday, May 3, 2007 / Updated July 31, 2023