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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 30 > Frederick Karch, 91, led troops in Vietnam

Frederick Karch, 91, led troops in Vietnam

By Joe Holley / The Bulletin
May 30, 2009

WASHINGTON — Frederick Karch, 91, a Marine Corps brigadier general who led the first official ground combat troops into Vietnam, died of congestive heart failure May 23 at his home in Arlington, Va.

Karch, a Naval Academy graduate, served in the Marine Corps for 27 years, from before....

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