THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, December 7, 1944

BUNNELL MARINE KILLED IN ACTION IN PACIFIC WAR

HOWARD S. BANKSTON, Private First Class of the U. S. Marine Corps, and son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Bankston of Bunnell was killed "in action on September 20, 1944 in the performance of his duty and service of his country," a telegram from Washington delivered to the parents here last Saturday stated.

Private Bankston was 20 years of age, and enlisted in the Marine Corps at Orlando, Florida, on December 11, 1942. He took most of his training in California, being sent to the Southwest Pacific theater a few months later.