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CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1946 – May 12, 1968
Service recordCharles Anthony Geronimo, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 3
- BENNIE DALESpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM GOTTHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 12, 1968
- ANTONIO GUZMAN-RIOSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- LYLE WAYNE HANSENCorporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE WILLIAM CHAMPIONPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- FILIBERTO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- ROBERT BRUCE COHENCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- GERALD WAYNE COX JRCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- JOE JOHN JANAKPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 5
- STEVEN ANDREW JARRETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 5
- MICHAEL BRUCE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 5
- JERRY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 6
- JACK HARLAN KAMRATHPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 6
- JACK ALLEN MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 9
- GREGORY ARNOLD RINDYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 11
- WILLIAM FRANCIS ROGERSCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 12
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.