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MICHAEL LEWIS GEISTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1946 – March 16, 1970
Service recordMichael Lewis Geister, of Rye, New Hampshire, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 5
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Rye, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 5
- VINCENT EDWARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · March 16, 1970
- LOUIS CRAIG EMERYSergeant · March 16, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES FERNSergeant · March 16, 1970
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · March 16, 1970
From Rye
- ANDRE EDWARD MARCOTTELance Corporal · July 1, 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.