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EDWARD J ANDERS

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HONORED ON PANEL 2E, LINE 13 OF THE WALL

EDWARD JAMES ANDERS

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POSTED ON 6.24.2025

POSTED BY: Gene Myrick

Pfc Edward Anders 173 Airborne

You were a gentle soul and I remember your smiling face and just you as a happy young man. Rest in peace….

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POSTED ON 12.21.2024

POSTED BY: [email protected]

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The 173d Airborne Brigade was deployed Vietnam in May 1965, the “Sky Soldiers” becoming the first U.S. Army troops committed to the conflict. Offloading at the port of Vung Tau, southwest of Saigon, the brigade detached one battalion to protect the port and its airfield. The remainder of the 173d traveled north to the air base at Bien Hoa, twenty kilometers northeast of Saigon. The brigade began operations in War Zone D to destroy enemy base camps and introduced the use of small Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols. On June 18, 1965, during operations near Phuoc Vinh in Binh Duong Province, a Sky Soldier was fatally injured in an accidental explosion. PFC Edward J. Anders from A Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, died after the grenade he was rigging as a booby trap detonated prematurely. Another paratrooper was injured. Anders was 18 years old. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “G.I. Is Killed in Vietnam By Blast of Own Grenade.” New York Times (New York, NY), June 20, 1965]

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POSTED ON 7.20.2023

POSTED BY: ANON

Forever 18

Never forgotten.

HOOAH

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POSTED ON 3.23.2021

POSTED BY: John Fabris

honoring you....

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. Rest in eternal peace.

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POSTED ON 7.20.2020

POSTED BY: ANON

Never forgotten

On the remembrance of your birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Forever 18.

HOOAH

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