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WILLIAM FOY SETTLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1952 – July 16, 1970
Service recordWilliam Foy Settle, of Richmond, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1952
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 23
- FRANK ELLIOTT MCNUTTCaptain · July 16, 1970
- RONALD HENRY REILLYSergeant First Class · July 16, 1970
- FRANK SMITHSergeant First Class · July 16, 1970
- RICHARD RUSSELL TIMMONSCorporal · July 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEROY LANE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 22
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
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.