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JEFFERY LYNN GEIB
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – August 25, 1969
Service recordJeffery Lynn Geib, of Rootstown, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Rootstown, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 112
- TERRANCE NEIL GENTRYSergeant · August 25, 1969
- EDWARD ROY GRUSCZYNSKILance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- HERBERT CHARLES HEINTZLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- FELIPE HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
From Rootstown
- MICHAEL NELSON LOITZFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 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.