Jack Dean Gehloff

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Name: Jack Dean Gehloff
Location of Birth: River Falls, Wisconsin
Date of Birth: November 22, 1939
Date of Death: May 25, 1997 (57 years old)
Parents: Herman Gehloff and Edna (Jeddeloh) Gehloff
High School and Class: 1957 - Princeton High School, Princeton, Minnesota
College:
Highest Rank: EMCS (Electrician's Mate Senior Chief Petty Officer)
Branch: Navy
Other Branch:
Date Sworn In: 1958
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Date of Discharge: 1980
Place of Discharge:
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Military Highlights:
In 1958, Jack enlisted in the United States Navy and served 25 years. He was an electrician in the military and served in submarine services. He was a Navy recruiter in Minneapolis and Hibbing, Minnesota for six years. Jack retired in 1980 from the Armed Forces.

Wars Involved:
Vietnam Era

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Civilian Life:
Jack worked as an electrician in Grand Rapids, Minnesota until his illness.

He was a member of St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church and VFW Ponti-Peterson Post 1720, both in Grand Rapids.

He loved to fish and hunt.

Jack is survived by a daughter, Cathleen; a son, Michael; three sisters, Shirley (Ron) Smith, Pat (Kenneth) Gustafson, and Sue (Larry) Lueck; his parents, Herman and Edna Gehloff; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Jack died in the VA Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is buried in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery at Princeton, Minnesota.

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