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Birthplace of Lt. Presley Neville O’Bannon, USMC Marker image, Touch for more information
By Eric Holland, August 31, 2019
Birthplace of Lt. Presley Neville O’Bannon, USMC Marker
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1 Virginia, Fauquier County, Marshall — FF-6 — Birthplace of Lt. Presley Neville O’Bannon, USMC Reported missing
Just north stood the home of William and Ann (Neville) O’Bannon, where their son, Lt. Presley Neville O’Bannon, was born about 1776. O’Bannon, a Marine, was the first American to command U.S. forces on foreign soil and the first to raise the . . . Map (db m1359) HM
2 Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville — 1261 — O'Bannon House
Lt. Presley N. O'Bannon, USMC, the first American to raise our flag on foreign soil, April 27, 1805. Barbary coast pirates who were holding 180 American seamen for ransom were overcome in an attack led by O'Bannon. He came to Logan County in 1807. . . . Map (db m36114) HM
3 Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort — 1465 — Lt. Presley N. O'Bannon, USMC
First American to raise U.S. flag on foreign soil at Battle of Derne on shores of Tripoli, April 27, 1805. Led attack that overcame Barbary Coast pirates who were holding 180 American seamen for ransom. O'Bannon came to Logan County in 1807. Served . . . Map (db m9753) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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