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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles William Seth.

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CHARLES WILLIAM SETH

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

September 24, 1941 – September 14, 1968

Service record

Charles William Seth, of Ambridge, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 44W · Line 60

Position of Panel 44W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Wire Systems Installer (36C)
Unit (as recorded)
1 SIGNAL BDE
Born
September 24, 1941
Home of record
Ambridge, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 14, 1968
Age
26
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 44W, Line 60

From Ambridge

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.