832nd Armament Section
SGT John "Blackie" Freulich was killed when a bomb broke lose from its shackle.
(John Plawischak)

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M/SGT Ford CPL Orin Harmon PFC John Palikaras
S/SGT Tom Ray CPL Sam Albrecht PFC Bernard Van Beek
S/SGT Richard Wilkie CPL Rex Hutcherson PFC Martin Galatin
S/SGT Richard Cleary CPL James Battles PFC Marco Congelsi
SGT Walter Zboch CPL Mark Herring PVT Wilbur Curtis
SGT John Plawischak CPL John Haning PVT Bill Alexander
SGT Bill Long CPL Stan Macuk PVT Julius Heffner
SGT John Freulich CPL Richard Rucker
SGT Ralph Hopkins CPL Joe Defillipi
T/SGT Fred Wilson CPL Winford Sheets

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