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ROBERT CHARLES GEIGER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 19, 1941 – May 11, 1970
Service recordRobert Charles Geiger, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 19, 1941
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 17
- STEVEN WARREN BOEGLICorporal · May 11, 1970
- JAMES W CHARLESWORTH JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1970
- RAYMOND DEAN ELLISStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1970
- WILLARD DONALD OBRIENSpecialist Four · May 11, 1970
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.