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WILLIAM STANLEY GEARY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1945 – April 5, 1969
Service recordWilliam Stanley Geary, of Roslyn, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- June 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Roslyn, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 17
- KENNETH ESTESSpecialist Five · April 5, 1969
- JIMMIE LEE FORRESTLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- DAVID HERCLIFF GAMBOA JRSergeant · April 5, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
From Roslyn
- FRANK JAMES MALSEED JRPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
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.