Norman W. Anderson III
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Age: 21
From: Parkton, Md.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Norman W. Anderson III was killed Oct. 19 by a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Karabilah, Iraq.
Died: October 19, 2005
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Fellow Marines fondly remember comrade who no longer answers the call
By Gordon Trowbridge
Times staff writer
SADAH, Iraq — “Lance Corporal Anderson?”
Three times, Staff Sgt. John Knight made the call.
“Lance Corporal Anderson? Lance Corporal Anderson?”
Lance Cpl. Norman W. Anderson would not answer. As his platoon mates stood at attention, a small pedestal adorned with an upturned rifle, empty boots, helmet and dog tags marked his absence. Five days before, on Oct. 19, the blast of a suicide car bomb had taken the life of the 21-year-old newlywed from Parkton, Md.
Fifty or so of his fellow Marines had gathered in the bright sunlight and dust of Battle Position Iwo Jima — nearly within sight of the spot where he lost his life — to remember him, in a scene played out hundreds of times over the last two and a half years as the U.S. military toll in Iraq has climbed...
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Prayers & Messages
i miss you more than words could ever express. i keep you close in my heart always.
one day, we will be together again.
i love you norm!
mom