James Reuben Geisler was born in Milligan, Tennessee. He died at the age of 20 from non-battle wounds (pneumonia) and is buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton, TN.
He was the son of William Daniel Geisler and Mary Susannah Simerly.
- Rank: Corporal
- Date of birth: 18 December 1896
- Date of death: 3 November 1918
- County: Carter
- Hometown: Hampton
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: Company E, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War I
- Battles: Bellicourt, Iremont area, Molaire area
- Burial/Memorial Location: Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar II, Middle Panel
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