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FRANCIS EDWARD GEIGER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 8, 1936 – July 23, 1965
Service recordFrancis Edward Geiger, of Dickinson, North Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 23, 1965, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 43
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 8, 1936
- Home of record
- Dickinson, North Dakota (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1965; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 43
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
From Dickinson
- MICHAEL HENRY KESSELLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES DONALD WENDTSpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- DOUGLAS MILTON KELLYLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- JON PARIS ROBBINSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- DENNIS LEE MEDUNASpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
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.