Gillenberg, Erle Jay
Navy Reserves EM1

Erle Jay Gillenberg, age 24, from Wolsey, South Dakota, Beadle county.

Parents: Clara E. (Dalrymple) Gillenberg and Peter A. Gillenberg
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: World War II
Schools: Wolsey High (1940); Coyne Electrical School in Chicago
Military history: Purple Heart; Entered Navy Reserves on February 16, 1942.

Date of death: Monday, March 19, 1945
Death details: Killed when Kamikaze planes struck the USS Franklin.
Cemetery: Memorialized in Black Hills National

Source: Grave marker, Redfield High School