John, the son of Peter C. Gilgenberg (deceased) and Alice M. Gilgenberg of Oak Lawn IL, enlisted in the US Marine Corps on July 19, 1966 in Chicago IL. He arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
The Marines were on patrol west of the hamlet of Giang La in Dien Ban District when LCpl Gilgenberg tripped an AP (Anti- Personnel) mine and was mortally wounded. A Medevac was requested to evacuate the casualty, while waiting for the helicopters arrival the Marines were hit with a volley of enemy small arms fire which resulted in LCpl Holton being killed by the hostile rifle fire and another man being wounded.
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" Published in The Chicago Tribune - 17 May 1967
Lance Corp. John Gilgenberg, 19, of 8356 Oak Park av., Oak Lawn, died of head wounds after a mine exploded in the battle of hill 881. Corp. Gilgenberg, who would have been 20 years old on May 26, had been in Viet Nam only a few weeks and had been in the Marine Corps only seven months.
Family Tells of Letters
His family said they had received letters from him stating that it was "not too bad in Viet Nam except for the heat." He was graduated from Reavis High school in Oak Lawn and is survived by his mother, Alice; and three brothers, David, Kenneth, and Allan. "
The Marines were on patrol west of the hamlet of Giang La in Dien Ban District when LCpl Gilgenberg tripped an AP (Anti- Personnel) mine and was mortally wounded. A Medevac was requested to evacuate the casualty, while waiting for the helicopters arrival the Marines were hit with a volley of enemy small arms fire which resulted in LCpl Holton being killed by the hostile rifle fire and another man being wounded.
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Location on The Wall - Panel 19E Line 081
" Published in The Chicago Tribune - 17 May 1967
Lance Corp. John Gilgenberg, 19, of 8356 Oak Park av., Oak Lawn, died of head wounds after a mine exploded in the battle of hill 881. Corp. Gilgenberg, who would have been 20 years old on May 26, had been in Viet Nam only a few weeks and had been in the Marine Corps only seven months.
Family Tells of Letters
His family said they had received letters from him stating that it was "not too bad in Viet Nam except for the heat." He was graduated from Reavis High school in Oak Lawn and is survived by his mother, Alice; and three brothers, David, Kenneth, and Allan. "
John, the son of Peter C. Gilgenberg (deceased) and Alice M. Gilgenberg of Oak Lawn IL, enlisted in the US Marine Corps on July 19, 1966 in Chicago IL. He arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
The Marines were on patrol west of the hamlet of Giang La in Dien Ban District when LCpl Gilgenberg tripped an AP (Anti- Personnel) mine and was mortally wounded. A Medevac was requested to evacuate the casualty, while waiting for the helicopters arrival the Marines were hit with a volley of enemy small arms fire which resulted in LCpl Holton being killed by the hostile rifle fire and another man being wounded.
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Location on The Wall - Panel 19E Line 081
" Published in The Chicago Tribune - 17 May 1967
Lance Corp. John Gilgenberg, 19, of 8356 Oak Park av., Oak Lawn, died of head wounds after a mine exploded in the battle of hill 881. Corp. Gilgenberg, who would have been 20 years old on May 26, had been in Viet Nam only a few weeks and had been in the Marine Corps only seven months.
Family Tells of Letters
His family said they had received letters from him stating that it was "not too bad in Viet Nam except for the heat." He was graduated from Reavis High school in Oak Lawn and is survived by his mother, Alice; and three brothers, David, Kenneth, and Allan. "
The Marines were on patrol west of the hamlet of Giang La in Dien Ban District when LCpl Gilgenberg tripped an AP (Anti- Personnel) mine and was mortally wounded. A Medevac was requested to evacuate the casualty, while waiting for the helicopters arrival the Marines were hit with a volley of enemy small arms fire which resulted in LCpl Holton being killed by the hostile rifle fire and another man being wounded.
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Location on The Wall - Panel 19E Line 081
" Published in The Chicago Tribune - 17 May 1967
Lance Corp. John Gilgenberg, 19, of 8356 Oak Park av., Oak Lawn, died of head wounds after a mine exploded in the battle of hill 881. Corp. Gilgenberg, who would have been 20 years old on May 26, had been in Viet Nam only a few weeks and had been in the Marine Corps only seven months.
Family Tells of Letters
His family said they had received letters from him stating that it was "not too bad in Viet Nam except for the heat." He was graduated from Reavis High school in Oak Lawn and is survived by his mother, Alice; and three brothers, David, Kenneth, and Allan. "
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