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RICHARD ALLEN MCGEATH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1948 – July 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Allen McGeath, of Murphysboro, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 30
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Murphysboro, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- 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 July 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 30
- JAMES GILBERT MCWHIRTERSpecialist Four · July 14, 1968
- JESUS F ORTEGA JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY OTTFireman · July 14, 1968
- DONALD R PHILLIS JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
From Murphysboro
- MICHAEL PHILIP SCHWEBELPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- THOMAS DEAN CONGIARDOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- FRANK EVERETT REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE QUALLSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · May 10, 1968
- JOHN RAY MIFFLINSergeant · April 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE FOZZARDStaff Sergeant · May 20, 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.