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JEFFERY COLIN SETTLEMYRE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – May 14, 1968
Service recordJeffery Colin Settlemyre, of Big Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Big Rapids, Michigan (Mecosta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 12
- JOHNNY JOE HONPlatoon Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- DANIEL GENE JOHNSONSergeant · May 14, 1968
- LEE FRANCIS JONESPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- FRANCIS EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 13
- DENNIS ELWOOD MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 15
- WILLIAM ROBERT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 17
From Big Rapids
- JOHN BOWERS WORCESTERLieutenant Commander · October 19, 1965
- THOMAS FREDRICK RAY JRCorporal · October 25, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS HAYSSpecialist Five · January 27, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS KELLYStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- GREGORY ALLEN GYDESENCorporal · December 17, 1970
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.