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William M. Geier's Collection
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2nd Platoon's Medic
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2nd Platoon, C Company, 4th/47th Battalion, 2nd Brigade
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December, 1966 - Here's Bill on his last leave at home
prior to heading back to Fort Riley, Kansas. His Unit, Charlie Company, 4th/47th, departed January 6, 1967 by troop train to Oakland, California and then aboard a troop
ship, USS General John Pope, to Vung Tau, Viet Nam.
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These pages are dedicated to the
memory of Bill Geier by his brother Bob and other Geier family members. These items have been preserved by Bob and his mother, Bernice Geier.
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2nd Platoon shortly after arriving at Dong Tam - April, 1967. Bill
and friends taking a break before the next patrol.
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Here's Bill and Harold Exum, a Texan,
off to Vung Tau for R & R.
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Bill and our buddy, Mike Cramer aboard a Mobile
Riverine Force Barrack Ship, the USS Benewah, positioned in Vung Tau's Harbor.
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Here's the 2nd Platoon's favorite past time between patrols, a grueling card
game of "Hearts". That's Mario Lopez about to deal. I think that's Stan Cockerell on the left and possibly Bill Geier on the right.
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Colonel Baden awarding the Silver Star to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geier.
These three items speak for themselves. Bill lost his life during a significant battle with a large Viet Cong force near the village of
Ap Bac in the Mekong Delta on June 19, 1967. He was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for heroism in battle and rightfully so. He was mortally wounded while tending a seriously wounded Ronnie
Bryan and he had just bandaged Bob French, who was also seriously wounded moments before. Bill Geier will be forever remembered as an American hero....
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