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U.S. SERGEANTS SLAIN
BY GUERRILLAS BECAUSE
THEY WOULDN'T MARCH

SAIGON, South Viet Nam (V) — Two U.S. Army sergeants who died in a Communist Viet Cong ambush were slain by the guerrillas because they were too badly wounded to march, an American source said here.

The two men were killed when the guerrillas overran a bivouac 360 miles north of Saigon Sunday where four U.S. Army men were instructing Vietnamese troops in village defense tactics. The other two Americans were captured.

The source said survivors reported the two Americans, whose bodies were found later, were seriously wounded during the attack. After the camp fell, the two wounded were seen being borne away. One was carried by one of the missing Americans, the other by a Vietnamese interpreter for the Americans.

Both bodies were found less than two miles from the scene of the attack. Both had been shot in the face with revolvers, the informants said.

In Washington, the Army identified the two dead as Staff Sgt. Wayne E. Marchand, Plattsmouth, Neb. and Spec. 5/C James Gabriel, Honolulu, Hawaii.

The two missing men were listed as Sgt. 1/C Francis Quinn, Niagara Falls, N.Y. and Sgt. George E. Groom, St. Joseph, Mo.

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