HONORED ON PANEL 42E, LINE 13 OF THE WALL
JAMES VICTOR BACKLUND
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JAMES V BACKLUND
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42E/13
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LEFT FOR JAMES VICTOR BACKLUND
POSTED ON 6.25.2015
POSTED BY: rodger malone
good friend
Jim came in our platoon as a replacement and we hit it off pretty quickly..he was a good guy you could count on..we used to talk of home and family and all the normal stuff everyone talked about...we wrote a couple times after I came home..then I lost contact with him..i was really saddened to get on our unit website and see he was KIA...I think of him often
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POSTED ON 5.29.2014
POSTED BY: rodger malone
good friend
Jim came to the 175th Combat engineers I believe when we were in Chu lai in mid 67 or so...we became good friends right off and along with a few others hung out togather..I came home in sept 67 but kept in touch with a Jim and a few of the guys from the squad for a while..then lost contact...was really saddened to hear he was lost over there....
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POSTED ON 11.11.2013
POSTED BY: Curt Carter [email protected]
Remembering An American Hero
Dear SP5 James Victor Backlund, sir
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
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POSTED ON 9.13.2009
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
James is buried at Sand Lake Chapel Cemetery in Britt, Minn.
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