Eric Anderson, was a Marine who served in Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield in the Persian Gulf.
Anderson, formerly of Bayside, died in California while on leave from his base. His father, Brian Anderson, of Mequon, said the cause of death was accidental. Anderson graduated from Nicolet High School in 1988 and joined the Marines. He participated in the Persian Gulf War and received the Combat Action ribbon, Good Conduct.
In Memory
Eric Anderson
Rick Perlstein
Eric is not listed among the fatalities in the first Gulf War.I remember a sweet and slightly mischievous, tall, red-headed fellow whose company I always enjoyed.
Todd Stapleman
I remember Eric was freaking hilarious and always good for a laugh. I still have a light cover in the shape of a hot air balloon that he got with a discount from Pier One while he worked there. I hung it in my sons room and think about Eric every time I see it. It was a shock to hear he had joined the service and of course more of a shock to hear he had been killed. I miss that dude&Edward Zagorski
Eric was a real cool guy. We had a couple of history classes together. I remember he and I started throwing marshmallows at one another and then the whole class joined in. He was funny. He was always good for some laughs.Andrew Rubinstein
Eric was a wild man. Sweet would never have been my description for him. We spent a lot of years getting into mischief together before high school and into our freshman year. He was extremely creative, with an a priori penchant for war games, and things that go boom. We made a lot of things go boom! We had lots of adventures together. We lost touch through the later years of high school, and grew apart. The year he died, I was in Madison, and I received a phone call out of the blue from him. Sadly I missed it, and couldn't track him down before it was too late. I think about him often, and he comes up in the stories I tell my son, Eli.Thomas Dolinar
I have to thank Eric for introducing me to Jodie in our Junior Year. I have lots of memories of skate boarding with Eric. He was a fun guy!From Jodie Zimmerman: I remember hearing about Eric's death and was shocked! I had seen him shortly after the Gulf War when I worked at Concours Motors. He told me really detailed stories about being on the front line! He got a thrill out of that. After that, we met up in SanDiego and went to Tijuana, MX for some fun!! He was a much different guy then. I also have him to thank for introducing me to Tom.