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JOHN HUGHIE GEDDINGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – January 17, 1971
Service recordJohn Hughie Geddings, of Sumter, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 53
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Sumter, South Carolina (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 53
- MALCOLM JOSEPH LYONSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1971
- ROBERT HENRY MIRRERMajor · January 17, 1971
- JESSE ERNEST NIXONStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1971
- JAMES MICHAEL SCHERERLance Corporal · January 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEE BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 52
- JESSE ERNEST NIXONStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 53
From Sumter
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- HAROLD MCRAE SMITHPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- LELAND EMANUEL HAMMONDLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BEN WHITESergeant · July 10, 1967
- DAVID NATHANIEL GREEN JRSecond Lieutenant · July 24, 1967
- WALLACE GOURLEY HYNDS JRColonel · August 2, 1967
- CARL MCFADDEN JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 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.