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HENRY LEO GEDDIS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1944 – December 30, 1967
Service recordHenry Leo Geddis JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 2
- JOSEPH BUSUTTILPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- SCOTT HOWARD COOKPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- RAY DELGADOCorporal · December 30, 1967
- RICHARD GERALD GODBOUTSergeant · December 30, 1967
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.