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JOHN BENNETT GEISEN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1941 – October 26, 1966
Service recordJohn Bennett Geisen JR, of Darien, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 110
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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
- June 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Darien, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 110
- WILLIAM JOHN GARRITY JRLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- JAMES KENNETH GRAYSeaman · October 26, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- JOHN EDGAR HARDINStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- NOAH CHANDLER COLLIER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 108
From Darien
- JOHN BROOKS SHERMANCaptain · March 25, 1966
- JAMES STEPHEN MCARTHURLance Corporal · June 25, 1967
- ALAN LEE DIEDRICKSENCorporal · July 2, 1967
- DAVID IVES MIXTERSergeant · January 29, 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.