CAPTAIN EDMOND J. LANDERS, SS, BSM, PH.

OTHER DECORATIONS:

Captain Landers was also awarded:

The Vietnam Service Medal

The Army Commendation Medal

The Army Good Conduct Medal

The National Defence Medal

The Vietnam Service Medal

The Vietnam Campaign Ribbon

Combat Infantryman's Badge

The Government of the Republic of South Vietnam also awarded him:


The National Order of Vietnam, Fifth Class

The Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm

All Captain Landers' decorations, with the exception of those awarded by the Government of The Republic of South Vietnam, were presented to his wife, Teresa in the United States' Embassy, Dublin in late1968. The ceremony was held by the then-U.S. Ambassador to Ireland and the U.S. Defence Attache, Colonel Joseph F. O'Connor.

Mrs. Teresa Landers receiving Captain Landers' medals from the U.S Ambassador to Ireland at the U.S.Embassy, Dublin in late 1968, accompanied by W.S. O'Shea.

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