William Edward Border

The database page for William Edward Border

04 Sep 2006 Private Border, how sad that you were in-country only one day. You did not get to meet others in your unit. You were spared the horrors of War. You had just arrived, REST IN PEACE. From a fellow Vietnam vet, Arturo Garza sgteseusmc@yahoo.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 13 April 1966 the VC conducted the first mortar attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base, just outside Saigon. In addition to damaging or destroying a number of aircraft, the attack killed seven Americans and wounded over a hundred others. The dead, six soldiers and one sailor, were SSG Donald D. Daugherty, San Diego, CA, A Co, 3rd RR Unit SP5 Fred A. Benner, East St Louis, IL, 90th Replacement Bn SGT Ronald G. Soule, Los Gatos, CA, 41st Sig Bn ADR2 Randolph P. Vedros, Mountain View, CA, Patrol Squadron 1, TF 72, 7th Fleet SP4 Jimmy R. Wolfe, Cleveland, TN, 125th Air Traffic Ctrl Co PFC Richard D. Borieo, Phoenix, AZ, 90th Replacement Bn PVT William E. Border, Stonecreek, OH, 542nd Med Company Visit John Dennison's Medics on the Wall memorial which honors the Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.

The point-of-contact for this memorial is a fellow Vietnam vet, Arturo Garza sgteseusmc@yahoo.com

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 04 Sep 2006
Last updated 09/29/2006