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JOHNNY STEVE ROTTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1946 – September 25, 1967
Service recordJohnny Steve Rotton, of La Grange, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- La Grange, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 12
- RICHARD LAUGHLIN OLEARYSecond Lieutenant · September 25, 1967
- KEITH FRANCIS PERRELLILance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- RONALD CHESTER ROGOWSKIPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- GARY RUSSELL SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
From La Grange
- GRADY KEITH EMBREYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1965
- LAWRENCE DAVID KESLERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · August 24, 1968
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · April 26, 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.