Adam D. Froehlich
Adam D. Froehlich of Pine Hill, NJ.
Rank: Specialist, U.S. Army
Unit: 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division
Hometown: Pine Hill, New Jersey
Died: , Killed in Action, Baqubah, Iraq
Awards: Purple Heart
Specialist Adam D. Froehlich was born in Pine Hill, NJ. He graduated from Overbrook Regional High School in 2001 and enlisted in the Army in August 2002 after being deeply moved by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He was stationed at Warner Barracks in Bamberg, Germany, with the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division before deploying to Iraq. He had been in Iraq only three weeks when he was killed on March 25, 2004, by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Baqubah, part of Iraq’s Sunni Triangle about 30 miles north of Baghdad. He was 21 years old. He is buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Berlin, NJ.
Pine Hill soldier dies in roadside blast in Iraq
Camden Courier-Post —
Adam Froehlich ‘loved his family, loved his country’
A borough man who joined the Army in response to the 9/11 terror attacks has died in a roadside explosion in Iraq, military officials said Friday.
Pfc. Adam Froehlich, 21, arrived in Iraq about three weeks ago with a unit of the 1st Infantry Division, according to a family member.
“He was just a great person who loved his family, loved his country and believed in what he was fighting for,” said Jeff Froehlich, the soldier’s brother, as he stood outside the family’s East 8th Street home on Friday night. Adam Froehlich, an easygoing man whose nickname was “Happy,” died Thursday in Baqubah, part of Iraq’s restive Sunni Triangle.
A statement from the Pentagon said one soldier died and two others were wounded in the central Iraq city when they went to the scene of an “improvised explosive device,” or homemade bomb, found by the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps.
“As the soldiers investigated, it exploded,” the statement said.
Grieving friends and relatives filled the Froehlichs’ home on Friday night. Occasionally, young people gathered outside the house, where they sobbed and embraced. Some wore T-shirts decorated with photographs of the soldier.
Jeff Froehlich said his brother enlisted in the Army two years ago after graduation from Overbrook High School in Pine Hill. He said Adam Froehlich had been deeply moved by the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
“That was just really emotional for us,” he said of the attacks. “My brother loved his country.”
Soldier's remains coming home
Camden Courier-Post —
Weekend service set for Pine Hill man
The body of a 21-year-old borough man killed in a roadside explosion in Iraq could be returned to the United States by the end of the week, a family member said Saturday.
Funeral arrangements for Pfc. Adam Froehlich, of the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, the 1st Infantry Division, have been tentatively scheduled for Friday or Saturday at St. Edward’s Roman Catholic Church, said Froehlich’s father, Stephen.
“He will be buried with full military honors,” said Froehlich, who declined to comment further.
Froehlich, a 2001 graduate of Overbrook Regional High School, joined the Army in response to the 9/11 terror attacks. He had been stationed in Bamberg, Germany, before arriving in Iraq only three weeks ago.
On Thursday at approximately 8:20 a.m., a roadside bomb killed the former high school wrestler while on patrol with his unit in Baqouba, part of Iraq’s restive Sunni Triangle about 30 miles north of Baghdad.
A plaque for Froehlich has already been ordered and will be placed in the Veterans’ Memorial Park in Pine Hill, less than a mile from the family’s home, said Mayor Fred Costantino.
Mourning Young Soldier's Death
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Friends, family and strangers gathered to honor a Pine Hill man, 21.
Overbrook High School students (from left) Laroya Kearse, Annelle Saberon, Katie Szmidt, Keirsten DeWitt and Nicole Lunceford wear red, white, and blue in honor of fallen former graduate Specialist Adam Froehlich. Froehlich was killed while serving in Iraq. He graduated in 2001.
Here, in this Camden County working-class town where Boy Scouts sell hoagies on the roadside, children play on dirt sidewalks, and neighbors embrace one another for comfort and strength, U.S. Army Spec. Adam “Private Happy” Froehlich spent much of his young life.
It is the last place the upbeat 21-year-old called home. On Thursday morning, Froehlich was killed as he and two others inspected a homemade bomb that exploded in Baqubah, Iraq, about 30 miles northeast of Baghdad.
Froehlich, a 2001 Overbrook High School graduate, enlisted in August 2002. Stationed at the Warner Barracks in Bamberg, Germany, with the First Battalion, Sixth Field Artillery, Froehlich had been in Iraq only three weeks when he died.
He was the 13th soldier from New Jersey to die during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
FROEHLICH, ADAM D.
Camden Courier-Post — March 28 and 31, 2004
Suddenly on March 25, 2004. Specialist Adam D. Froehlich of Pine Hill, NJ, age 21. Beloved son of Stephen and Rosemarie (nee Dalrymple) Froehlich of Pine Hill. Also survived by brothers Steve (Jaime) Froehlich of Erial, Jeff (Crystal) Froehlich of Williamstown, sister April Froehlich of Pine Hill, grandfather John Froehlich of Pine Hill, nephew Andrew Froehlich of Erial, many loving aunts, uncles, cousins & friends. Adam was serving in the US Army with the 2nd Platoon, Charlie Battery, in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation with the family on Friday evening 6–9 pm at the ORA L. WOOSTER FUNERAL HOME 51 Park Blvd. Clementon, NJ. On Saturday the family and friends will meet at 9:30 am at St. Edwards Church 500 Erial Rd. Pine Hill where the Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Berlin. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial donations be made to American Legion Post #286 Erial Rd., Pine Hill, NJ 08021.
As Pine Hill Bids Soldier Farewell, 'Everyone Hurts'
Camden Courier-Post —
Thousand attend rites for Spc. Adam Froehlich, killed in Iraq
Hundreds of American flags lined the streets here Saturday morning, a vivid contrast to the fat, gray clouds that lingered in the sky. Flags waved in the hands of toddlers and their tearful parents, while some remained still in the weathered hands of elderly veterans. One large, bright flag was draped over a wooden casket. A soldier had returned home for his last goodbye to 1,000 mourners and supporters who filled St. Edward’s Church and lined the roadway in Pine Hill, Clementon, Lindenwold and Berlin Borough.
Army Spc. Adam Froehlich, 21, was killed and two other soldiers were injured on March 25 by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Baqouba, part of Iraq’s restive Sunni Triangle about 30 miles north of Baghdad. He was the 600th U.S. soldier killed since May 1 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Stephen Froehlich holds tight to the flag that draped his son’s casket at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Stephen and Rosemarie Froehlich walk behind their son’s flag draped casket as reservists carry it to the grave at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Mourners place flowers on the casket as others hold flags and pictures of Army Specialist Adam Froehlich.
A sign salutes Adam Froehlich, an Overbrook High School graduate who was killed in Iraq on March 25, 2004.