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JOHN WESLEY GEARY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 22, 1944 – September 28, 1966
Service recordJohn Wesley Geary, of Batavia, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 25
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Batavia, New York (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 25
- CHARLES STUART BURNS IIICaptain · September 28, 1966
- JAMES RICHARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- DENNIS TRUMAN HAYWORTHSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- DANIEL CLEVELAND JONESLance Corporal · September 28, 1966
From Batavia
- WILLIAM PAUL SHAFFERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- STANLEY TOMASZEWSKI JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ARTHUR THOMAS STACHOWSKIPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH BERMINGHAMAirman · August 23, 1968
- JOHN ALBERT GIOIAConstructionman · June 9, 1970
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.