Andrew P. Wallace
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Age: 25
From: Oshkosh, Wis.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade, Wisconsin Army National Guard, Fond du Lac, Wis.
Incident: Army Sgt. Andrew P. Wallace was killed Sept. 26 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee and his convoy was attacked by small-arms fire during operations in Shaibah, Iraq.
Died: September 26, 2005
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Standing-room-only crowd turns out for soldier’s funeral
Associated Press
RIPON, Wis. — A standing-room only-crowd estimated at 1,000 attended the funeral at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church for a 25-year-old soldier killed last week in Iraq.
“We all love him and we will miss him, but his spirit will always live on,” Mary Zentner, a secretary at Emmeline Cook Elementary School in Oshkosh, said Thursday of Sgt. Andrew Wallace, of the 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade, Wisconsin Army National Guard, who taught physical education at that school and Oshkosh North High School before being deployed.
“He was a man for all seasons. He was a great teacher, a great colleague and a great friend.”
Wallace, 25, of Oshkosh, a member of the 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry, was killed Sept. 26 by a roadside bomb in Iraq while he was a passenger in a Humvee, which helped...
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Prayers & Messages
I just heard about Mr. Wallace on the news as a special education teacher who's students made him a banner before he left for war saying 'wherever you go we will follow'. I don't think anyone expected this unfortunate and untimely end to his life. I'm very sorry to hear about this and I off my condolences to his family, friends and students.
-Sara A Kenney
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