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LAWRENCE RAYMOND GEIGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1949 – May 14, 1970
Service recordLawrence Raymond Geiger, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 40
- ALLEN LEWIS BONEYStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1970
- JAMES CHARLES DAIGLEStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1970
- GARY MARK DOMINIQUEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
- STEEN BRUCE FOSTERStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 38
- WILLIAM JACKSON BREWER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 39
- ROBERT K EVEREST IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 39
- EDWARD GLENN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 41
- KENNETH MARION WALLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 44
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
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.