Soldier’s name to be fixed on Vietnam Memorial

The real question is, with all the traveling walls all over the country, will they fix it too?

Soldier’s name to be fixed on Vietnam Memorial
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Apr 11, 2012

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A western New York family's 30-year effort to have a loved-one's misspelled first name corrected on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is nearly over.

Sen. Charles Schumer says the National Park Service has told him Roland Settimi's first name will be corrected on the memorial wall in Washington, D.C., by Memorial Day. When the memorial was completed in 1982, Settimi's first name was engraved as Ronald.

Surviving family members have been trying to have the mistake corrected. They recently sought help from Schumer, who asked the parks service to make the correction.

Settimi was a 20-year-old Army medic from Niagara Falls when he was killed in action in 1969.

Schumer is joining members of Settimi's family Wednesday at the Vietnam Memorial in Buffalo to announce the impending correction.