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GILBERT â David Duane Anderson, wounded Vietnam veteran, died the spring of 2016 at age 66. And for his wife Mary Ann (Geist) Anderson the memories are vivid still â especially how David survived a fierce battle in Cambodia thanks to a fellow soldier named Johnnie Bowls. Erick and I will be forever grateful, Mary Ann Anderson, of rural Gilbert, told the Mesabi Tribune. Johnnie Bowls bravely carried David to the Medivac chopper. They were full and ready to leave but Bowls insisted they transport David Anderson to safety. We are forever indebted to him.
The Andersons had searched for years to locate Bowls, and ironically, Mary Ann was finally successful in locating him at an address in Missouri, but David had already died. David now would be 72.