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HARRY EUGENE GEARY
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 29, 1947 – June 3, 1967
Service recordHarry Eugene Geary, of Beloit, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Beloit, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 45
- JOHN PAUL FRANCISCorporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN GARRETT GARDNERCaptain · June 3, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 44
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 45
- KENNETH ALRIC GORESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 46
- TAYLOR HENRY MCLEMORECorporal · Panel 21E, Line 49
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 51
- LARRY VENCIL SAYERSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 52
- GEORGE DAVID WALLACESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 54
From Beloit
- WILLIAM PAUL MARTINSergeant · April 2, 1967
- JOHN ALBERT DEBOCKMajor · August 3, 1967
- LEONARD JOHN TAUSCHEKPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EDWIN FAY BROWNSergeant · January 10, 1968
- DENNIS MELVIN WOODStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1968
- JAMES PAUL MCCONNELLSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- JERRALD JOSEPH BULINSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ERNEST WILLIAM TEWSLance Corporal · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM STINDLPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
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.