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LAWRENCE GEIGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1949 – August 22, 1970
Service recordLawrence Geiger, of Irwin, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 130
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Irwin, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 130
- ROBERT LEON DUNAWAY JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
- ROBERT MICHAEL DURALLCorporal · August 22, 1970
- GARY LEE FRAZIERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
- JOSEPH DENNIS GAGNONSergeant · August 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DALE BILLSCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 129
- WAYNE ROBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 129
- ROBERT MICHAEL DURALLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 130
- GARY LEE FRAZIERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 130
- ROBERT ONEAL NIMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 131
- RONALD LEE YOUNGSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 132
From Irwin
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS SHOGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- LESTER ALLEN WRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · July 31, 1966
- JULIUS BRADLEY HUGHESPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- JOHN MARK SPIELMANSeaman · February 26, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLANDGunnery Sergeant · April 11, 1968
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM GILKEYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- DELBERT LEO SINGLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1969
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.