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CHARLES PRICE GEISERT
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
September 30, 1933 – November 4, 1969
Service recordCharles Price Geisert, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 4, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- September 30, 1933
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 28
- PETER MICHAEL CONNORFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1969
- CARL LESLIE CROWLEYPrivate · November 4, 1969
- KENNETH ARNOLD GROVESergeant · November 4, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN GROVERSpecialist Five · November 4, 1969
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.