For decades, Mexican American families celebrated baptisms, confirmations, weddings, and other milestones at Our Lady of Guadalupe. But after the United States entered the war in Vietnam, 12 funerals would take place there. ChicagoStoriesWTTW
A memorial commemorating 12 fallen Vietnam soldiers sits across the street from Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in South Chicago.For decades, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in the South Chicago neighborhood was a cultural center for the community’s Mexican-American families. In that church, families celebrated baptisms, confirmations, weddings, and other major milestones.
“They had a good congregation every Sunday,” Luna said. “Everybody had an Our Lady of Guadalupe painting or statue in the house. So it was always part of…their whole religious character.” The neighborhood church also served as a center of faith and support as many young men in the neighborhood went off to war.Many of the men from South Chicago who served in Vietnam had fathers or uncles who had served in World War II or the Korean War. Bill Luna said that patriotism was already embedded in those families, so it was “only natural” for the sons to follow in those footsteps.
Like the Padilla brothers, Angel Rosario enlisted as a matter of family pride. He had uncles that served in World War II and the Korean War and a cousin who was wounded in Vietnam before Rosario was old enough to go himself. He was working for powerful Alderman Ed Vrdolyak when he enlisted in the Marine Corps.Chicago Stories
It is believed that Our Lady of Guadalupe suffered more than any other parish in the country. Twelve young men did not return home. Five were killed within five months of each other. One family would comfort another not long after they lost their own son.
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