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Date Deceased: March-14-1968
Age at Death: 18
Cause of Death: Vietnam War ground casualty
Classmate City: Quang Nam
Classmate Country: Viet Nam
Eddie was born on 24 December 1949. He attended Louis Lake Intermediate School and then GGHS until the fall of 1967 when he enlisted in the Marines. He began his tour of duty in Vietnam on 2 February 1968 as a Private First Class and died on 14 March 1968, a month and a half later, in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Eddie's name appears on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Panel 44 East, Row 52. He is buried at Forest Lawn, Cypress.
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Charles Lake (1968)
Eddie is honored in the Michael Monsoor Freedom Memorial in the Argonaut Hall of Fame and Museum located on the GGHS campus as one of 24 argonauts who have given their life in the military in action during time of War. Unfortunately, we are in need of a photo of eddie to place in the Memorial. If anyone has such a photo, please forward a copy to gghsalumni@yahoo.com or to the GGHS Alumni Association c/o Garden Grove High School, 11271 Stanford Avenue, GG 92840.