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WALTER THOMAS GEIGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1946 – May 19, 1967
Service recordWalter Thomas Geiger, of Glendale, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 42
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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
- January 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Glendale, New York (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 42
- JAMES FRANKLIN AKINSSergeant · May 19, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS FULFORDSergeant · May 19, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENYON ELROY BEANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 39
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 39
- EVERETT EUGENE JOHNSON JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 45
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS SCHERRERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 49
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 51
- CARNELL EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 51
From Glendale
- HUBERT JOSEPH FINKSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- GREGORY FRANCIS AMBROSEPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL SULLIVANSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS MALEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 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.