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ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1946 – July 23, 1966
Service recordRobert Francis Geary JR, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 62
- DANIEL MCNEIL GUNNPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID KALERLance Corporal · July 23, 1966
- JARVIS CRAWFORD LOWDERSergeant · July 23, 1966
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BURKE JREnsign · August 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.