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DONATUS JOSEPH GEILEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1945 – February 28, 1967
Service recordDonatus Joseph Geilen, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 116
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GLYNNPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES SPURGEON GOSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- TOMMY MEZZLESSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS MARSHALL JRLance Corporal · February 7, 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.