Philip M. Bannon

Philip Michael Bannon (March 12, 1872 – June 25, 1940) was a United States Marine Corps officer who received the Marine Corps Brevet Medal for his actions during the Spanish–American War.

Through his career he served in the Spanish–American War, the Boxer Rebellion in China, and during conflicts in the Caribbean and Central America through the Second Nicaraguan Campaign. He retired as a colonel in 1928.

Biography Bannon was born March 12, 1872, in Jessup, Maryland, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1895. He accepted a commission in the United States Marine Corps on July 1, 1897, and was sent to the North Atlantic Squadron in April 1898 for his first assignment. and died at the Naval Hospital in San Diego, California June 25, 1940.

Military decorations Throughout his 33-year career Bannon received the following awards: Marine Corps Brevet Medal, Sampson Medal, Spanish Campaign Medal, Philippine Campaign Medal, China Relief Expedition Medal, Cuban Pacification Medal, Mexican Campaign Medal, Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, World War I Victory Medal, Military Order of the Carabao and the Military Order of the Dragon.

Secretary of the Navy citation Citation The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in transmitting to Second Lieutenant Philip Michael Bannon, United States Marine Corps, the Brevet Medal which is awarded in accordance with Marine Corps Order No. 26 (1921), for distinguished service in battle while serving with Company C, First Marine (Huntington's) Battalion, at Guantanamo, Cuba, on 13 June 1898. On 10 August 1898, Second Lieutenant Bannon is appointed First Lieutenant, by brevet, to take rank from 13 June 1898.