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Nickname(s)  "Jiggs"
Role  Military Commander
Name  Roy Geiger
Rank  General
Years of service  1907 - 1947

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Born  January 25, 1885 Middleburg, Florida (1885-01-25)
Allegiance  United States of America
Battles/wars  World War I Banana Wars United States occupation of Nicaragua United States occupation of Haiti World War II Battle of Guadalcanal Battle of Bougainville Battle of Guam (1944) Battle of Okinawa
Awards  Navy Cross (2) Navy Distinguished Service Medal (3) Army Distinguished Service Medal
Died  January 23, 1947, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Place of burial  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Service/branch  United States Marine Corps
Education  United States Army Command and General Staff College, Stetson University
Commands held  1st Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Amphibious Corps, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
Similar People  Simon Bolivar Buckner, Holland Smith, Hiromichi Yahara, Takeshi Takashina, Raymond A Spruance
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General Roy Stanley Geiger (January 25, 1885 – January 23, 1947) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served in World War I and World War II where he became the first Marine Corps general to lead an army-sized force.

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