THE WALL OF FACES

Say not in grief he is no more, but live in thankfulness that he was.

Dear Sp4 Franz Prediger, Thank you for your service as an Armor Reconnaissance Specialist. Your 55th anniversary is soon, sad. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Per a translation by an Icelandic speaker, Franz Gerhard Prediger is pictured in the attached photo on the left with his bride and he is also pictured in the "front right" of the middle photo. The third photo in this Icelandic newspaper that no longer exists shows his funeral in Mannheim, Germany.

This article (in Icelandic) also recalls the life and funeral (in Mannheim, Germany) of Franz Gerhard Prediger. Rest in peace, sir. http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2810614

Franz Gerhard Prediger is described in this article as a painter who immigrated to the United States was Germany. He joined the US Army voluntarily and was still a German citizen when he died in Vietnam. He is buried in Mannheim, Germany. Here is an article, in German, that describes his life and funeral. He left behind a young wife named Edeltraud. Rest in peace, Franz G. Prediger. https://www.zeit.de/1966/30/gefallen-in-vietnam