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GEZA TEGLAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1939 – October 27, 1965
Service recordGeza Teglas, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 19, 1939
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 1
- FRANK DAVID GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- EDWARD ELLIOTT GRABOSKEYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- WILLIAM A SLAUGHTER JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROSEStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 137
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
- JOHN CLINE STRICKLER JRCaptain · January 20, 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.