LCPL Gordon David Walensky. Killed in Action on April 10, 1968. Walensky graduated from Park High in 1967 and joined the Marine Corps in June 1967. He served as a member of a radio relay and construction company, located near the Marine base at Danang. He was in a truck enroute to his battalion headquarters when he was fatally wounded by enemy rifle fire near Quang Nam. He was the son of Mr. Mrs. Norman Walensky, 2836 France Ave., St. Louis Park. A Sun article entitled “‘Great Hopes’ Die With Local Youth in Vietnam” reported, “The only Jewish Marine in his battalion, Cpl. Walensky never complained about a thing, and aunt said this week, except that there was no hot food to eat. He lived on ‘C’ rations while in the field, she said.”

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