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JOHNNY WAYNE SITTEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1948 – May 18, 1968
Service recordJohnny Wayne Sitten, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 2
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 2
- CHRISTOPHER J SCHERERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- NEIL BRIAN SULLIVANCorporal · May 18, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- JAMES NELSON YOUMANSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
From Rome
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.