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WILLIAM DAVID SETTLEMIRE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1942 – February 9, 1966
Service recordWilliam David Settlemire, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Mount Vernon, Illinois (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 21
- ROBERTO PEREZCorporal · February 9, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- DON R SHACKELFORDFirst Sergeant · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT SOARES ANDRADEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DAVID BOWMAN IIISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 20
- WILLIAM COOLEYSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 20
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 20
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 21
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.