Andrew E. Andersen Jr., 58; film was based on Vietnam raid he led
Providence Journal (RI) - Wednesday, January 3, 1990
Andrew E. Andersen Jr., 58, a Rhode Island native whose career as a Marine Corps officer included the command of a rescue raid in North Vietnam that inspired a movie, died Saturday at St. Peter's Hospital. He was the husband of Elisabeth (Liss) Andersen of Jacksonville, Fla.
Born in Cranston, he was a son of Andrew E. and Jeanie (MacKay) Andersen of Cranston.
Mr. Andersen moved from Rhode Island after he retired in 1973 from the Marine Corps as a lieutenant colonel.
He joined the Marine Corps in June 1953, a month after he graduated from Brown University. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and received a Purple Heart in 1972, when a piece of shrapnel from a mortar shell lodged behind his left eye.
He commanded raids into North Vietnam to rescue prisoners of war, and the film Bat 21 was based on a mission he commanded. He once led four men on a nighttime swim up the Dong Ha River to rescue two downed fighter pilots.
His tours of duty in Vietnam earned him two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart.
Mr. Andersen was a personnel officer at Bankers Trust in Albany from June 1973 until 1979. In the early 1980s, he was director of human resources at Barnett Bank in Miami, director of administrative services at Sunset Commercial Bank in Florida, director of administration services of the First Financial Bank of New Orleans, and director of corporate recruiting for Atlantic Bancorporation in Jacksonsville.
In 1986, Mr. Andersen returned to Albany as a foundation officer at the Cerebral Palsy Center for the Disabled. He later became the vice president of the C.P. Services Corporation. Last November, he returned to the foundation division of the Cerebral Palsy Center for the Disabled as vice president. Recently he was involved in planning a cerebral palsy telethon to be held this month.
He was a member of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee, the Albany and New Orleans Rotary Clubs, St. Andrew's Society, the Niskayuna, N.Y., Zoning Board, the USS Albany Commission, the Guttenburg Masonic Lodge and the Fort Orange Club. He was director and a founding member of Louisiana Vietnam Veterans Association, chairman of the finance committee for the Louisiana Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a member of the Gold Star Mothers, chairman of the Veterans and Industry Advisory Council of Albany, vice president and director of the Guilderland, N.Y., Chamber of Commerce, president of Pop Warner Football, and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Besides his wife and parents, he leaves three daughters, Bonnie K. and Jennifer Andersen, both of Portsmouth, and Leslie A. Riley of Camp Lejeune, N.C; a son, Andrew Andersen III of East Providence; four stepsons, Andrew, Brian, Carl and Jeffrey Liss, all of Schenectady, N.Y.; a sister, Catherine Andersen Herzog of Cranston; a brother, Riochard E. Andersen of Washington Grove, Md., and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Thursday at noon at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany. Burial will be Friday in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Providence Journal (RI) - Wednesday, January 3, 1990
Providence Journal (RI) - Wednesday, January 3, 1990
Andrew E. Andersen Jr., 58, a Rhode Island native whose career as a Marine Corps officer included the command of a rescue raid in North Vietnam that inspired a movie, died Saturday at St. Peter's Hospital. He was the husband of Elisabeth (Liss) Andersen of Jacksonville, Fla.
Born in Cranston, he was a son of Andrew E. and Jeanie (MacKay) Andersen of Cranston.
Mr. Andersen moved from Rhode Island after he retired in 1973 from the Marine Corps as a lieutenant colonel.
He joined the Marine Corps in June 1953, a month after he graduated from Brown University. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and received a Purple Heart in 1972, when a piece of shrapnel from a mortar shell lodged behind his left eye.
He commanded raids into North Vietnam to rescue prisoners of war, and the film Bat 21 was based on a mission he commanded. He once led four men on a nighttime swim up the Dong Ha River to rescue two downed fighter pilots.
His tours of duty in Vietnam earned him two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart.
Mr. Andersen was a personnel officer at Bankers Trust in Albany from June 1973 until 1979. In the early 1980s, he was director of human resources at Barnett Bank in Miami, director of administrative services at Sunset Commercial Bank in Florida, director of administration services of the First Financial Bank of New Orleans, and director of corporate recruiting for Atlantic Bancorporation in Jacksonsville.
In 1986, Mr. Andersen returned to Albany as a foundation officer at the Cerebral Palsy Center for the Disabled. He later became the vice president of the C.P. Services Corporation. Last November, he returned to the foundation division of the Cerebral Palsy Center for the Disabled as vice president. Recently he was involved in planning a cerebral palsy telethon to be held this month.
He was a member of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee, the Albany and New Orleans Rotary Clubs, St. Andrew's Society, the Niskayuna, N.Y., Zoning Board, the USS Albany Commission, the Guttenburg Masonic Lodge and the Fort Orange Club. He was director and a founding member of Louisiana Vietnam Veterans Association, chairman of the finance committee for the Louisiana Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a member of the Gold Star Mothers, chairman of the Veterans and Industry Advisory Council of Albany, vice president and director of the Guilderland, N.Y., Chamber of Commerce, president of Pop Warner Football, and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Besides his wife and parents, he leaves three daughters, Bonnie K. and Jennifer Andersen, both of Portsmouth, and Leslie A. Riley of Camp Lejeune, N.C; a son, Andrew Andersen III of East Providence; four stepsons, Andrew, Brian, Carl and Jeffrey Liss, all of Schenectady, N.Y.; a sister, Catherine Andersen Herzog of Cranston; a brother, Riochard E. Andersen of Washington Grove, Md., and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Thursday at noon at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany. Burial will be Friday in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Providence Journal (RI) - Wednesday, January 3, 1990
Andrew E. Andersen Jr., 58; film was based on Vietnam raid he led
Providence Journal (RI) - Wednesday, January 3, 1990
Andrew E. Andersen Jr., 58, a Rhode Island native whose career as a Marine Corps officer included the command of a rescue raid in North Vietnam that inspired a movie, died Saturday at St. Peter's Hospital. He was the husband of Elisabeth (Liss) Andersen of Jacksonville, Fla.
Born in Cranston, he was a son of Andrew E. and Jeanie (MacKay) Andersen of Cranston.
Mr. Andersen moved from Rhode Island after he retired in 1973 from the Marine Corps as a lieutenant colonel.
He joined the Marine Corps in June 1953, a month after he graduated from Brown University. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and received a Purple Heart in 1972, when a piece of shrapnel from a mortar shell lodged behind his left eye.
He commanded raids into North Vietnam to rescue prisoners of war, and the film Bat 21 was based on a mission he commanded. He once led four men on a nighttime swim up the Dong Ha River to rescue two downed fighter pilots.
His tours of duty in Vietnam earned him two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart.
Mr. Andersen was a personnel officer at Bankers Trust in Albany from June 1973 until 1979. In the early 1980s, he was director of human resources at Barnett Bank in Miami, director of administrative services at Sunset Commercial Bank in Florida, director of administration services of the First Financial Bank of New Orleans, and director of corporate recruiting for Atlantic Bancorporation in Jacksonsville.
In 1986, Mr. Andersen returned to Albany as a foundation officer at the Cerebral Palsy Center for the Disabled. He later became the vice president of the C.P. Services Corporation. Last November, he returned to the foundation division of the Cerebral Palsy Center for the Disabled as vice president. Recently he was involved in planning a cerebral palsy telethon to be held this month.
He was a member of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee, the Albany and New Orleans Rotary Clubs, St. Andrew's Society, the Niskayuna, N.Y., Zoning Board, the USS Albany Commission, the Guttenburg Masonic Lodge and the Fort Orange Club. He was director and a founding member of Louisiana Vietnam Veterans Association, chairman of the finance committee for the Louisiana Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a member of the Gold Star Mothers, chairman of the Veterans and Industry Advisory Council of Albany, vice president and director of the Guilderland, N.Y., Chamber of Commerce, president of Pop Warner Football, and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Besides his wife and parents, he leaves three daughters, Bonnie K. and Jennifer Andersen, both of Portsmouth, and Leslie A. Riley of Camp Lejeune, N.C; a son, Andrew Andersen III of East Providence; four stepsons, Andrew, Brian, Carl and Jeffrey Liss, all of Schenectady, N.Y.; a sister, Catherine Andersen Herzog of Cranston; a brother, Riochard E. Andersen of Washington Grove, Md., and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Thursday at noon at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany. Burial will be Friday in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Providence Journal (RI) - Wednesday, January 3, 1990
Providence Journal (RI) - Wednesday, January 3, 1990
Andrew E. Andersen Jr., 58, a Rhode Island native whose career as a Marine Corps officer included the command of a rescue raid in North Vietnam that inspired a movie, died Saturday at St. Peter's Hospital. He was the husband of Elisabeth (Liss) Andersen of Jacksonville, Fla.
Born in Cranston, he was a son of Andrew E. and Jeanie (MacKay) Andersen of Cranston.
Mr. Andersen moved from Rhode Island after he retired in 1973 from the Marine Corps as a lieutenant colonel.
He joined the Marine Corps in June 1953, a month after he graduated from Brown University. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and received a Purple Heart in 1972, when a piece of shrapnel from a mortar shell lodged behind his left eye.
He commanded raids into North Vietnam to rescue prisoners of war, and the film Bat 21 was based on a mission he commanded. He once led four men on a nighttime swim up the Dong Ha River to rescue two downed fighter pilots.
His tours of duty in Vietnam earned him two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart.
Mr. Andersen was a personnel officer at Bankers Trust in Albany from June 1973 until 1979. In the early 1980s, he was director of human resources at Barnett Bank in Miami, director of administrative services at Sunset Commercial Bank in Florida, director of administration services of the First Financial Bank of New Orleans, and director of corporate recruiting for Atlantic Bancorporation in Jacksonsville.
In 1986, Mr. Andersen returned to Albany as a foundation officer at the Cerebral Palsy Center for the Disabled. He later became the vice president of the C.P. Services Corporation. Last November, he returned to the foundation division of the Cerebral Palsy Center for the Disabled as vice president. Recently he was involved in planning a cerebral palsy telethon to be held this month.
He was a member of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee, the Albany and New Orleans Rotary Clubs, St. Andrew's Society, the Niskayuna, N.Y., Zoning Board, the USS Albany Commission, the Guttenburg Masonic Lodge and the Fort Orange Club. He was director and a founding member of Louisiana Vietnam Veterans Association, chairman of the finance committee for the Louisiana Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a member of the Gold Star Mothers, chairman of the Veterans and Industry Advisory Council of Albany, vice president and director of the Guilderland, N.Y., Chamber of Commerce, president of Pop Warner Football, and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Besides his wife and parents, he leaves three daughters, Bonnie K. and Jennifer Andersen, both of Portsmouth, and Leslie A. Riley of Camp Lejeune, N.C; a son, Andrew Andersen III of East Providence; four stepsons, Andrew, Brian, Carl and Jeffrey Liss, all of Schenectady, N.Y.; a sister, Catherine Andersen Herzog of Cranston; a brother, Riochard E. Andersen of Washington Grove, Md., and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Thursday at noon at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany. Burial will be Friday in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Providence Journal (RI) - Wednesday, January 3, 1990
Gravesite Details
Interment date 1-5-1990. LT COL US Marine Corps. Veteran Service Dates from 04-12-1953 to 04-19-1973. Information extracted from the National Cemetery Administration's National Gravesite Locator. http://www.cem.va.gov/
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