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RICHARD WEBB GEYER
Major · U.S. Army
March 6, 1918 – July 6, 1963
Service recordRichard Webb Geyer, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 24
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 6, 1918
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1963
- Age
- 45
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1963. In July 1963, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 24
- G W MAGBEESpecialist Five · June 22, 1963
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- CURTIS JOHN STECKBAUERCaptain · July 1, 1963
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
From Seattle
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- GUY DAVID JOHNSONCaptain · December 20, 1965
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.