John M Geigle

1918 - 1944  (26 years)

• Name	John M Geigle
  Born	12 May 1918	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Graduation	1937	St John High School, Little Chute
  Died	07 Aug 1944	Chammes, France
  Person ID	I110498	Little Chute Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	John Jacob Geigle,   b. 09 Sep 1888, Germany ,   d. 18 May 1968  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Margaret Ponchok,   b. 23 Feb 1894,   d. 13 May 1976  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1916
  Family ID	F43882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laverne Loraine Look,   b. 14 Dec 1922, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin ,   d. 6 Mar 2023, Wisconsin  (Age 100 years)
  Married	17 Jun 1943	Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co, Washington
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F75214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  St John High School Yearbook, 1937

  
  

• Notes

  Officer Killed, Flier Missing Lieut. John Geigle, Lieut. Eugene Thiel Are War Casualties Two young officers of this area figure in today's casualty news. They are Lieutenant John Geigle, 25, of Little Chute and Kaukauna, killed in action Aug. 7 in France, and Lieutenant Eugene L. Thiel, route 2, Hilbert, missing in action over China. The telegram announcing Lieutenant Geigle's death was received Wednesday afternoon by his wife who lives at Little Chute. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Geigle, 610 Meade street, Kaukauna. Lieutenant Geigle, who was with the infantry, was previously reported missing in a telegram received Aug. 25. Enlising in October, 1939, he served for 20 months in Alaska. He was transferred to the European theater of operations in March of this year. Survivors besides the widow, the former LaVerne Look, and the parents, are three sisters, Mrs. George Wurdinger and Miss Margaret Mary Geigle, Kaukauna, and Sister Mary Ambrose, teacher in Little Chute and two brothers, Frederick and Leo, Kaukauna. A memorial high mass for the officer has been arranged for 9 o'clock Monday morning at St. John church, Little Chute.