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Sharlow, Gust Joseph, Jr. ("Ogishte" ), A1C.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Reserve Village, Sawyer County
Last Address Cloquet, Minnesota (home of record/enlistment)
Casualty Date Jan 12, 1967
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Thailand
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Holy Family Cemetery - Cloquet, Minnesota
Sgt. Gust Sharlow was a Native American of the Ojibwa Nation, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lake Superior Band of Chippewa/Ojibwa.
Gust had prior service with the U.S. Army. He enlisted in the Air Force on 22 November 1965.
In the Air Force, he served with the 1973rd Communications Squadron, 1974th Communications Group at Udorn RTAFB, Thailand.
He was killed in an undetermined incident and cause.
Note: It is possible that he was interred near his father, a veteran of WWI, on the St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission Cemetery, Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation, Reserve Village, Sawyer County, Wisconsin. However, there is a reference to interment in Holy Family Cemetery, Cloquet, Minnesota.
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Note: 11 January14: Attempted to contact his former roommate at Udorn who had made an entry regarding him using address at: http://thewall-usa.com/guest.asp?recid=46878 (Donal Law's memorial to Gust) No longer in use. His quote: "I was there the evening when he was killed."
