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NAME Joseph Francis Setzer |
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SERVICE NUMBER 415933 |
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| UNIT Company E Second Battalion 8th Marines |
HOME OF RECORD 103-32 107th Street Richmond Hill New York |
NEXT OF KIN Parents, John & Barbara Setzer |
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| DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1915 |
ENTERED SERVICE June 24, 1942 |
DATE OF LOSS November 23, 1942 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Guadalcanal |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Private Joseph F. Setzer served with Company E, 8th Marines during the battle of Guadalcanal. On 22 November 1942, units of the Army’s Americal Division and the 8th Marine Regiment began a series of frontal attacks on a string of hills along the north coast of Guadalcanal. Steep ravines, bare ridges, and tenacious Japanese resistance thwarted the Americans, and after 48 hours the operation was called off. Nearly 40 members of the 8th Marines lost their lives in the futile assault.* One of their number was Private Setzer, killed in action on 23 November 1942. He was buried in the field, but later searches could not find his grave site. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private |
STATUS OF REMAINS Buried in the field, (69.9-199.8) North Coast Guadalcanal |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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* Note: Official sources and several histories report that the 8th Marines suffered nine fatal casualties. However, this number only accounts for those Marines who were buried in the island cemetery. It excludes fully 29 men who were reported missing in action or buried in the field.
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