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CHARLES RICHARD GEIGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordCharles Richard Geiger, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 37
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 37
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · September 5, 1969
- DONALD NORMAN CARTLANDStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1969
- BARRY ROBERT CLARKCorporal · September 5, 1969
- LOUIS SCOTT DIBARISpecialist Five · September 5, 1969
- LEE RICHARD SCHAAFSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JONATHAN R BORTLESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 36
- ARTHUR EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 41
- DENNIS JAMES MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 42
- BERNARD AMBROSE PROPSONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 42
- JOEQUIN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 43
- ARTHUR EDWARD WOJAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 45
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 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.