Independence native, a decorated combat veteran in Vietnam, is being laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery

Maj. Robert Banning, left, an Independence native, is shown presenting a certificate to a fellow Army soldier on an unknown date. Banning, who eventually retired as a colonel and as a member of the White House staff escorted Margaret Truman at her fathers funeral in 1972, died in April 2023 at age 86 and will be buried Wednesday in Arlington National Cemetery. [Photo courtesy Robert Banning, Stars & Stripes Museum]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net More than two years after he died, a decorated veteran from Independence who served in the military for 30 years will…

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