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RUSSELL JOSEPH ROTKO JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1946 – October 30, 1968
Service recordRussell Joseph Rotko JR, of Danbury, Connecticut, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 59
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Danbury, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 59
- JOHN MARK AVERYGunnery Sergeant · October 30, 1968
- JIM GLENN BELL JRSergeant · October 30, 1968
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- KENNETH RAY PAYNEPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
From Danbury
- GERALD WAYNE MCKINLEYLieutenant (junior grade) · March 31, 1965
- JOHN KEARNAN CLARKELance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BARNEY JOE KELLYSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GUY VISCONTIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- VERNON HOWARD BAKER IICorporal · June 18, 1967
- RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1968
- MICHAEL MELVIN FARMERCorporal · November 5, 1968
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS JUDD TYRELLSergeant · March 30, 1969
- JAMES GERALD FLYNNStaff Sergeant · May 31, 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.