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WILLIAM MICHAEL GEIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 1, 1946 – June 19, 1967
Service recordWilliam Michael Geier, of Maywood, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Maywood, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 12
- HUBERT JOSEPH FINKSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- RAYMOND WILLARD GODWINSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- PAUL EUGENE GOODPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 9
- ROBERT CHARLES AGUADOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 9
- FRED GORDON BERTOLINOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 9
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 9
- ROBERT JOSEPH CARASpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 10
- JACK EDWARD COSSINSSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 10
- ROBERT EARL CRAYTHORNESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 10
- ALLEN NORBERT ENGELPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 11
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 11
- HUBERT JOSEPH FINKSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- PAUL EUGENE GOODPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 12
- THOMAS LESLIE GORDONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- MONTE RAY HARPERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- CHARLES JOHN HILDENBRANDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 13
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- ROBERT JAMES JINDRASpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- JOHN PATRICK LEESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 15
- RICHARD COLEN LUNDYCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 15
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 15
- GEORGE DANIEL MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 15
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
From Maywood
- THOMAS EARL CONNERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1966
- GARY LEE JONESSpecialist Four · February 4, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY HARTIGANHospitalman · February 23, 1969
- EARL THOMAS PEARSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
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.