(Deceased) Platoon Commander John C. Thompson First Lieutenant - 075857

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Platoon Sergeant Edward E. Bright S/SgtE5 - 1124086

Billy J. Hunt Sgt. E5 - 1438522

Runner & Right Guide Paul Jefferson, Jr. Pfc. - 1874558

1st Squad	2nd Squad	3rd Squad
Frederick L. Branch Sgt. E4 - 1436111	Delwin E. Bailey Sgt. E4 - 1396360	Peter A. Greco Cpl E4 - 1800407
Paul R. Saphore L/Cpl - 1824174	David C. A. Beraudo L/Cpl - 1866494	Amadio DiBuonaventura L/Cpl - 1874556
Peter M. Kalesnick L/Cpl - 1866993	Kenneth O. Brinlee L/Cpl - 1840072	Bernard Cretora L/Cpl - 1841793
James E. Dershem L/Cpl - 1857125	Paul R. Heston L/Cpl - 1867121	(Deceased) William J. Frentz L/Cpl - 1869150
Kenneth H. Burke Pfc. - 1841787	James J. McCarthy L/Cpl - 1874573	George V. Bitsoli L/Cpl - 1841999
(Deceased) Arthur J. Busbee Pfc. - 1801863	Roland C. Peyton L/Cpl - 1848402	"Sam" Buffardi, Jr Pfc. - 1841786
James F. Curtis Pfc. - 1866865	Donald E. Carter Pfc. - 1876037	Lewis C. Corson Pfc. - 1841792
Kenneth R. Kollai Pvt. - 1867139	(Deceased) Jerry T. Crawford Pvt. - 1867080	Gary S. Fusco Pfc. - 1841857
Richard S. McGibbeny Pfc. - 1858290	William C. Daley, Jr. Pvt. - 1874609	Joseph L. Guy Pfc. - 1866259
Meredith T. Phillips Pfc. - 1853997	(Deceased) Trevor E. Davies Pfc. - 1875959	(Deceased) John Hynes Pfc . - 1841921
Frank Schmidt Pfc. - 1841635	Billy J. Driggins Pfc. - 1853989	(Deceased) Pfc. Robert A. Lane Pfc. - 1866739
Edward J. Shea Pfc. - 1841870	Milton W. Kisielewski, Jr Pfc. - 1841924	(Deceased) John R. Lemongelli Pfc - 1841926
Joseph J. Teklits Pfc. - 1839580	James J. McQuaid Pfc. - 1806467	(Deceased) Ronald C. Smith Pfc. - 1859873

As of 4Feb12: Thirty-two of the Platoon's forty-three members have been "found" and two more tentatively accounted for.

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