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JERRY PHILIP SETZER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 11, 1943 – February 12, 1967
Service recordJerry Philip Setzer, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 22
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 22
- HARMON JULIOUS PIGATTPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- BERNARDINO SANTIAGO-VAZQUEZPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- EDDIE JAMES SCOTTSergeant · February 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 20
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 21
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.