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CHARLES FREDERICK SETZENFAND
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1941 – March 5, 1966
Service recordCharles Frederick Setzenfand, of Butler, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 123
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Butler, Pennsylvania (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 123
- JAMES HERBERT ROWDENPrivate · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LOUIS SABECPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JIMMY PINEDA SANCHEZCorporal · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 118
From Butler
- THOMAS EUGENE CZZOWITZCorporal · September 9, 1965
- ALLEN G LANESergeant · March 24, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK WINTERSMajor · May 20, 1966
- FRANCIS CLAIR RUMMELStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- RAYMOND PATRICK LINKSergeant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ELGIE LESNIKSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- PAUL STASKO JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- JOSEPH CLARENCE DOYLECaptain · February 28, 1968
- WALTER ANTHONY CICCHIANIPetty Officer Second Class · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROGER CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.