Three young men from Rush County gave the ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam War. Bobby Smith, Michael Geise and James Merrell.
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Michael David Geise
Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Carthage, Indiana
August 22, 1948 to March 04, 1968 (19 years old)
MICHAEL D GEISE is on the Wall at Panel 42E Line 065
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Michael David Geise
Private First Class
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Carthage, IN
Date of birth: 08/22/1948
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 55944838
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length Service: 00
Unit: A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 02/07/1968
Casualty Date: 03/04/1968
Incident Date: 03/04/1968
Age at Loss: 19
Location: Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
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27th Infantry "Wolfhounds".
Units
HHC
A Company
B Company
C Company
The First Wolfhounds arrived in South Vietnam in January 1966. During their five-year stay in Vietnam, the Wolfhounds were considered one of 25th Infantry Division's most effective units, earning a Valorous Unit Citation in 1967. Primarily operating from Chu Chi in the Tay Ninh Province, the Battalion participated in Operation Attleboro, Cedar Falls, Junction City, the '68 and '69 Tet Offensives, and the 1970 invasion of Cambodia. One of last of the 25th Infantry Division's units to depart Vietnam, the Wolfhounds arrived home in Hawaii in April 1971.
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25th Infantry Division
In January and February 1968, during a truce for Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, a desperate enemy launched his all-out offensive in a dramatic attempt to regain the ground and influence that Tropic Lightning and other allied forces had taken. Moving rapidly into the path of the main units assembled for the attack, Division soldiers absorbed the full force of the enemy blows and then counter-attacked viciously to smash the offensive. Through the summer of 1968 the enemy withdrew to sanctuaries across the Cambodian border and into the triple canopy jungle North of Tay Ninh City. When the next attack came, Tropic Lightning slashed back. The First Brigade smashed the attacking forces at Tay Ninh and Fire Support Base Buell then cut through the Ben Cui rubber plantation and forced the enemy back through the fog of Nui Ba Den. Again North Vietnamese soldiers hammered at the 1st Brigade at Ben Cui and again the Brigade retaliated with killing accuracy. For four nights Division troops repelled enemy attacks on Fire Support Base Buell meeting the communists at point blank range.
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Michael David Geise
Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Carthage, Indiana
August 22, 1948 to March 04, 1968 (19 years old)
MICHAEL D GEISE is on the Wall at Panel 42E Line 065
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Michael David Geise
Private First Class
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Carthage, IN
Date of birth: 08/22/1948
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 55944838
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length Service: 00
Unit: A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 02/07/1968
Casualty Date: 03/04/1968
Incident Date: 03/04/1968
Age at Loss: 19
Location: Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
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27th Infantry "Wolfhounds".
Units
HHC
A Company
B Company
C Company
The First Wolfhounds arrived in South Vietnam in January 1966. During their five-year stay in Vietnam, the Wolfhounds were considered one of 25th Infantry Division's most effective units, earning a Valorous Unit Citation in 1967. Primarily operating from Chu Chi in the Tay Ninh Province, the Battalion participated in Operation Attleboro, Cedar Falls, Junction City, the '68 and '69 Tet Offensives, and the 1970 invasion of Cambodia. One of last of the 25th Infantry Division's units to depart Vietnam, the Wolfhounds arrived home in Hawaii in April 1971.
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25th Infantry Division
In January and February 1968, during a truce for Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, a desperate enemy launched his all-out offensive in a dramatic attempt to regain the ground and influence that Tropic Lightning and other allied forces had taken. Moving rapidly into the path of the main units assembled for the attack, Division soldiers absorbed the full force of the enemy blows and then counter-attacked viciously to smash the offensive. Through the summer of 1968 the enemy withdrew to sanctuaries across the Cambodian border and into the triple canopy jungle North of Tay Ninh City. When the next attack came, Tropic Lightning slashed back. The First Brigade smashed the attacking forces at Tay Ninh and Fire Support Base Buell then cut through the Ben Cui rubber plantation and forced the enemy back through the fog of Nui Ba Den. Again North Vietnamese soldiers hammered at the 1st Brigade at Ben Cui and again the Brigade retaliated with killing accuracy. For four nights Division troops repelled enemy attacks on Fire Support Base Buell meeting the communists at point blank range.
Three young men from Rush County gave the ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam War. Bobby Smith, Michael Geise and James Merrell.
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Michael David Geise
Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Carthage, Indiana
August 22, 1948 to March 04, 1968 (19 years old)
MICHAEL D GEISE is on the Wall at Panel 42E Line 065
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Michael David Geise
Private First Class
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Carthage, IN
Date of birth: 08/22/1948
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 55944838
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length Service: 00
Unit: A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 02/07/1968
Casualty Date: 03/04/1968
Incident Date: 03/04/1968
Age at Loss: 19
Location: Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
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27th Infantry "Wolfhounds".
Units
HHC
A Company
B Company
C Company
The First Wolfhounds arrived in South Vietnam in January 1966. During their five-year stay in Vietnam, the Wolfhounds were considered one of 25th Infantry Division's most effective units, earning a Valorous Unit Citation in 1967. Primarily operating from Chu Chi in the Tay Ninh Province, the Battalion participated in Operation Attleboro, Cedar Falls, Junction City, the '68 and '69 Tet Offensives, and the 1970 invasion of Cambodia. One of last of the 25th Infantry Division's units to depart Vietnam, the Wolfhounds arrived home in Hawaii in April 1971.
+++++++++++++++++++++++
25th Infantry Division
In January and February 1968, during a truce for Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, a desperate enemy launched his all-out offensive in a dramatic attempt to regain the ground and influence that Tropic Lightning and other allied forces had taken. Moving rapidly into the path of the main units assembled for the attack, Division soldiers absorbed the full force of the enemy blows and then counter-attacked viciously to smash the offensive. Through the summer of 1968 the enemy withdrew to sanctuaries across the Cambodian border and into the triple canopy jungle North of Tay Ninh City. When the next attack came, Tropic Lightning slashed back. The First Brigade smashed the attacking forces at Tay Ninh and Fire Support Base Buell then cut through the Ben Cui rubber plantation and forced the enemy back through the fog of Nui Ba Den. Again North Vietnamese soldiers hammered at the 1st Brigade at Ben Cui and again the Brigade retaliated with killing accuracy. For four nights Division troops repelled enemy attacks on Fire Support Base Buell meeting the communists at point blank range.
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Michael David Geise
Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Carthage, Indiana
August 22, 1948 to March 04, 1968 (19 years old)
MICHAEL D GEISE is on the Wall at Panel 42E Line 065
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Michael David Geise
Private First Class
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Carthage, IN
Date of birth: 08/22/1948
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 55944838
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length Service: 00
Unit: A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 02/07/1968
Casualty Date: 03/04/1968
Incident Date: 03/04/1968
Age at Loss: 19
Location: Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
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THE VIRTUAL WALL ® www.VIRTUALWALL.org
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27th Infantry "Wolfhounds".
Units
HHC
A Company
B Company
C Company
The First Wolfhounds arrived in South Vietnam in January 1966. During their five-year stay in Vietnam, the Wolfhounds were considered one of 25th Infantry Division's most effective units, earning a Valorous Unit Citation in 1967. Primarily operating from Chu Chi in the Tay Ninh Province, the Battalion participated in Operation Attleboro, Cedar Falls, Junction City, the '68 and '69 Tet Offensives, and the 1970 invasion of Cambodia. One of last of the 25th Infantry Division's units to depart Vietnam, the Wolfhounds arrived home in Hawaii in April 1971.
+++++++++++++++++++++++
25th Infantry Division
In January and February 1968, during a truce for Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, a desperate enemy launched his all-out offensive in a dramatic attempt to regain the ground and influence that Tropic Lightning and other allied forces had taken. Moving rapidly into the path of the main units assembled for the attack, Division soldiers absorbed the full force of the enemy blows and then counter-attacked viciously to smash the offensive. Through the summer of 1968 the enemy withdrew to sanctuaries across the Cambodian border and into the triple canopy jungle North of Tay Ninh City. When the next attack came, Tropic Lightning slashed back. The First Brigade smashed the attacking forces at Tay Ninh and Fire Support Base Buell then cut through the Ben Cui rubber plantation and forced the enemy back through the fog of Nui Ba Den. Again North Vietnamese soldiers hammered at the 1st Brigade at Ben Cui and again the Brigade retaliated with killing accuracy. For four nights Division troops repelled enemy attacks on Fire Support Base Buell meeting the communists at point blank range.
Inscription
Ind Pfc Co A 27 Inf 25 Inf Div Vietnam PH
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