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DAVID JEROME GEISER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1949 – April 26, 1970
Service recordDavid Jerome Geiser, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 19, 1949
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 55
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
- CHARLES RAY KINGPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
- EUDELL LEO KOTROUSCorporal · April 26, 1970
- RONALD ELLIS NEWMANCorporal · April 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PETER KESTUTIS BOYEVCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 54
- MANUEL ROMERO TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 56
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.