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JOHN ROTONNELLI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1946 – May 16, 1968
Service recordJohn Rotonnelli, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 18
- DAVID J RICKELMajor · May 16, 1968
- ANUND C ROARKSergeant · May 16, 1968
- SAMUEL FLOYD ROLENPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- ALBERT W ROMINESergeant · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN EARL CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 8
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 61E, Line 11
- ANUND C ROARKSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 18
- ALBERT W ROMINESergeant · Panel 61E, Line 18
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.