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WILLIAM CHARLES GEIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1945 – January 28, 1966
Service recordWilliam Charles Geis, of Evergreen Park, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Evergreen Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 102
- WILBUR MEARL WISEPrivate · January 27, 1966
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- THOMAS ROGER DEVLINSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 102
- THOMAS RICHARD GRANTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 103
- TAYLOR DOUGLAS JOHNSONMajor · Panel 4E, Line 103
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 104
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 105
- CARLOS ZAMORA JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 105
From Evergreen Park
- EDWIN JOSEPH FALLOONCorporal · September 27, 1965
- KENNETH JAY MANDERFELDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- WILLIAM ROY NEVILLESergeant · January 26, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN WORKSecond Lieutenant · July 13, 1969
- RICHARD JAY SCHOONVELDPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DENNIS RALPH DEBICKEROPrivate First Class · November 6, 1971
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.