Corporal McGeoch was a member of Company C, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action when the truck he was driving struck an enemy land mine near Sindae-Dong, North Korea, on 4 January 1952.

McGeoch was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.