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JOHN THOMAS CAROTA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1942 – September 6, 1967
Service recordJohn Thomas Carota, of Milton, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Milton, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 6
- HAROLD STANLEY BERNLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOSEPH KEITH BRADLEYLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE BRENNANLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOHN GRANVILLE CALLLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
From Milton
- JOSEPH DANIEL MCNEILCorporal · May 31, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS CLONEY IIISergeant · September 7, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL CASEY JRLance Corporal · February 16, 1969
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.