John "Pointman" Gabbert----Co D 1/22 Infantry July 1969-December 1969
Back, left to right:
Dyke, Gene, John
Front, left to right: Lacey, Les
Les Bowerman and John Gabbert
John
John with flak jacket and his customary 3 magazines taped together
Re-supply
John
John
Santa and John
John
John
John 1970
John
John in clown suit
John at the 4th Infantry Division Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Harold Hall, who served with John in Company D writes:
John was wounded very
badly on Dec. 10, 1969 when his right femur was shattered by a
burst of fire
at close range from an AK-47. On August 13, 2013, 43 years, 8
months and 3 days later because of
lingering infections and constant pain from the wound, his right
leg and hip was amputated at the
James J. Peters VA Medical Center in Bronx, NY. Because of the
infections and pain he has endured
all these years and now having three back surgeries and the total
leg amputation,
we have given John a new nickname, “Iron John”.
Dan Martus, who served
with John Gabbert in Company D
visits with John in the hospital August 2013
John outside for the first time since his surgery
John Gabbert - 2013
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