His bravery is reflected in a line in the Marine Hymn and the reason for the Marines' choice of officer sword.
The Wikipedia bio link has more details and some other links for info follow:
http://www.centerhouse.org/v-bannon.html
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...e=gr&GRid=2339
http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/obannonp.html
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