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Boswell, Ralph J., SSgt. (53) NCOIC deceased - Tennessee
Boyd, Kent, Cpl. (63-64)
Brown, Roy, Cpl. (64-65)
Bunker, Thomas, Cpl. (53-54)
Butler, William, LCpl. (65-66)
Chesty, Marine House Dog, Cpl. (63-64)
Cook, Bernie, Cpl. (61-62)
Coons, Roy, LCpl. (65-66)
Cotton, Harry, SSgt. (65-66)
Court, Walter (60-61)
DeHunt, Camille, SSgt. (60)
Fischer, James R., Cpl. (52)
Fredrick, William J. (62-64)
Freeman, Steven, GySgt. (63-64) NCOIC
Raul Garcia (67-68)
Groves, "Goose", TSgt. (54-55) NCOIC
Gunny, Marine House Dog (62-63)
Hackett, Bernard, Cpl. (52-54)
Houk, James T., LCpl. (62-63)
Jackson, Mehia, LCpl. (62-63)
Johnson, Bernard, MSgt. (63-65) NCOIC
Klecker, Brian, LCpl. (65-66)
Kluza, Leo, Cpl. (63-64)
Knight, Ronald, Sgt. (64-67)
Knight, William, SSgt. (61) NCOIC
Kort, Walter, Cpl. (61-62)
MacKenzie, Phillip (57-59)
Macombs, Cpl. (63-64)
Makala, Mack, LCpl. (60)
Masters, Robert, SSgt. (62-63) NCOIC
May, Rolland, Sgt. (52-54)
McMurry, Louis, LCpl. (63-64)
Meyer, Richard, LCpl. (61-62)
Michael, Richard, Cpl. (64-65)
Minnick, Edward, SSgt. (52-54) - first NCOIC
Morrison, Cpl. Robert (62-63)
Nadeau, Donald, Cpl. (63-64)
Ormerod, Calvin (66-67)
Powell, Gene, Cpl. (65-66)
Reid, Larry, Sgt. (60-61)
Riches, Glenn A., Cpl. (65-66)
Rogers, Charles, Sgt. (65-66)
Shipley, Carl?, Cpl. (54-55)
Sloan, Glenn, Sgt. (61-62)
Studzinski, Daniel, Cpl. (65-66)
Yarborough, John D. (62-63)
DETACHMENT TIMELINE
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2012
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India Today
1968
Watchstanders: Sgt. Dan Studzinski, Raul Garcia (67-68)
1967
Watchstanders: Sgt. Ron Knight, Sgt. Dan Studzinski(65-66), Ormerod, Calvin (66-67), Raul Garcia (67-68)
1966
NCOIC: Cotton, Harry, SSgt. (65-66)
Watchstanders: Sgt. Ron Knight, Sgt. Dan Studzinski, (65-66), Riches, Glenn A., Cpl. (65-66), Rogers, Charles, Sgt. (65-66),
Powell, Gene, Cpl. (65-66), Klecker, Brian, LCpl. (65-66), Coons, Roy, LCpl. (65-66), Butler, William, LCpl. (65-66)
1965
NCOIC: Johnson, Bernard, MSgt. (63-65) / Cotton, Harry, SSgt. (65-66)
Watchstanders: Sgt. Ron Knight, Sgt. Dan Studzinski, (65-66), Riches, Glenn A., Cpl. (65-66), Rogers, Charles, Sgt. (65-66)
Ormerod, Calvin (66-67), Powell, Gene, Cpl. (65-66), Michael, Richard, Cpl. (64-65), Klecker, Brian, LCpl. (65-66), Brown, Roy, Cpl. (64-65),
Coons, Roy, LCpl. (65-66), Butler, William, LCpl. (65-66)
1964
NCOIC: Johnson, Bernard, MSgt. (63-65) / Freeman, Steven, GySgt. (63-64)
Marine House Dog: "Cpl. Chesty" (63-64)
Watchstanders: Sgt. Ron Knight, Sgt. Dan Studzinski, Michael, Richard, Cpl. (64-65), Nadeau, Donald, Cpl. (63-64), Macombs, Cpl. (63-64), Fredrick, William J. (62-64). Brown, Roy, Cpl. (64-65), Boyd, Kent, Cpl. (63-64),
1963
NCIOC: Masters, Robert, SSgt. (62-63) / Johnson, Bernard, MSgt. (63-65) / Freeman, Steven, GySgt. (63-64)
Marine House Dog: "Gunny" (62-63), "Cpl. Chesty" (63-64)
Watchstanders: Houk, James T., LCpl. (62-63), Jackson, Mehia, LCpl. (62-63), Yarborough, John D. (62-63), Nadeau, Donald, Cpl. (63-64), Macombs, Cpl. (63-64), Fredrick, William J. (62-64), Boyd, Kent, Cpl. (63-64)
1962
NCIOC: Masters, Robert, SSgt. (62-63)
Marine House Dog: "Gunny" (62-63)
Watchstanders: Houk, James T., LCpl. (62-63), Jackson, Mehia, LCpl. (62-63), Sloan, Glenn, Sgt. (61-62), Yarborough, John D. (62-63)
Morrison, Cpl. Robert (62-63), Kort, Walter, Cpl. (61-62), Fredrick, William J. (62-64), Cook, Bernie, Cpl. (61-62)
1961
NCOIC: Knight, William, SSgt. (61)
Watchstanders: Sloan, Glenn, Sgt. (61-62), Meyer, Richard, LCpl. (61-62), Kort, Walter, Cpl. (61-62), Cook, Bernie, Cpl. (61-62)
1960
Watchstanders: Reid, Larry, Sgt. (60-61), Makala, Mack, LCpl. (60), DeHunt, Camille, SSgt. (60), Court, Walter (60-61)
1959
Watchstanders: MacKenzie, Phillip (57-59)
1958
Watchstanders: MacKenzie, Phillip (57-59)
1957
Watchstanders: MacKenzie, Phillip (57-59)
1955
NCOIC: Groves, "Goose", TSgt. (54-55)
Watchstanders: Shipley, Carl?, Cpl. (54-55)
1954
Officer In Charge: Captain Blue / Captain Wachter
NCOIC: SSgt. Ed Minnick (52-54), / SSgt. Jim Boswell (from New Delhi) / Groves, "Goose", TSgt. (54-55)
Watchstanders (MSGs): SSgt. Rolland L. May (52-54), Cpl. Jim Fisher (Madras - New Delhi), Cpl. Bernie Hackett, Cpl. Tom Bunker
NCOIC: SSgt. Jim Boswell (53-54) / TSgt. "Goose" Groves, Shipley, Carl?, Cpl. (54-55)
. In March of 54, Minnick was returned Stateside and replaced by a TSgt. "Goose"
1953
Officer In Charge: Captain Blue / Captain Wachter
NCOIC: SSgt. Ed Minnick (52-54), / Boswell, Ralph J., SSgt. (53) deceased - Tennessee(from New Delhi)
Watchstanders (MSGs): SSgt. Rolland L. May (52-54), Cpl. Jim Fisher (Madras - New Delhi), Cpl. Bernie Hackett, Cpl. Tom Bunker
Groves. That was the Detachment until I was transferred in April of '54.
1952
Headquarters: HQMC, HQBn, Fox Company, Henderson Hall
Regional Office: - Cairo, Egypt
Officer In Charge: Captain Blue / Captain Wachter
NCOIC: SSgt. Ed Minnick (52-54), / SSgt. Jim Boswell (from New Delhi)
Watchstanders (MSGs): SSgt. Rolland L. May (52-54), Cpl. Jim Fisher (Madras - New Delhi), Cpl. Tom Bunker, Hackett, Bernard, Cpl. (52-54)
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