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JOHN CARL GRESENS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1946 – January 6, 1967
Service recordJohn Carl Gresens, of Pittsford, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 6, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 118
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Pittsford, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 118
- THOMAS EDWARD TOWNSLEYPrivate · January 5, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DUGGANPetty Officer Third Class · January 6, 1967
- TONY EVERETTPrivate First Class · January 6, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID GABRIELAirman Second Class · January 6, 1967
From Pittsford
- ELTON LAWRENCE PERRINEColonel · May 22, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE LAWTONSergeant · December 1, 1968
- MELVIN DAVID MORGAN JRSpecialist Five · January 2, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.