World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Gene A. Geisert
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Toledo, Ohio
Honored By
Karen Walk Geisert
Relationship
Wife
Volunteered at 17 years of age in July 1944. He was trained in Samson, New York. He was assigned to the USS Wilson DD-847 for homeland security and later in Cuban waters. His destroyer was on its way through Panama and on to the Pacific Theater of operations when WWII ended.