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KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDES
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – January 18, 1968
Service recordKerry Richard Fost Geddes, of Levittown, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Levittown, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 68
- JOE REINI DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1968
- NORMAN ELLSWORTH FINE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH HOARE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE FRED JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 69
- STEVEN SOLARISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 70
From Levittown
- JAMES RAYMOND ONEILLMajor · February 6, 1963
- MICKY JAMES JOHNSLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · May 4, 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.