ROUTON MILITARY
SERVICE INDEX
(2013)
Names in Alphabetical Order by Last Name
(Email Susan Pemberton, [email protected] with additions and corrections)
CHRIS CARTER
Branch: Army
Rank: E4
War Service: NA
Time in Service: May, 1998 – August, 2001
Location of Service: Fort Polk Louisiana, Camp Humphreys South Korea, Fort Campbell Kentucky
JOEY HIXSON
Branch: Navy
Rank:
War Service: NA
Time in Service: September, 2008 – August, 2011
Location of Service: Aboard U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, assisted in relief
and rescue efforts in Japan (earthquake and tsunami, 2011)
JOSH HIXSON
Branch: Marines
Rank:
War Service: NA
Time in Service: July, 2011 – Presently Serving
Location of Service:
ANDREW MONTGOMERY
Branch: National Guard
Rank: Staff Sergeant (present)
War Service: Iraq
Time in Service:
Location of Service: Iraq
DALE ROUTON
Branch: USMC (1966 – 1972)
Army National Guard (1974 – 1997)
Rank:
USMC – Sgt. E-5
Army National Guard – Sgt. 1st Class E-7
War Service: Vietnam (April 23, 1967 - May 23, 1968)
Time in Service: February 21, 1966 – February 20, 1972 – USMC; October 1, 1974 – October 31, 1997 – Army National Guard
Location of Service:
USMC – South Carolina, North Carolina, California, Memphis, TN
Army National Guard – Paris, Jackson, Martin, McKenzie, Erin, Nashville
DAVID F. ROUTON
Branch: USMC
Rank: Corporal
War Service: Korean War (not in combat)
Time in Service: March 25, 1952 – March 12, 1954
Location of Service: Parris Island, SC – boot camp; Camp LeJeune, NC (field radio operator), Camp near town of Nara, Japan; in inactive Marine Reserves until 1960
RALPH BENJAMIN (BEN) ROUTON (Deceased)
Branch: 15th Air Force
Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot)
War Service: World War II
Time in Service: November 16, 1942 – May, 1945
Location of Service: Foggia, Italy
Plane downed over Germany after 21 successful bombing missions – prisoner of war in Germany. Grand Marshal of Veterans Day Parade – Paris, Tennessee – 2007. Military awards – Presidential Citation, Air Medal European Theatre of Operations Medal with star for campaign in Italy, Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster
DON ROUTON
Branch: Navy
Rank: Seaman
War Service: Korean War
Time in Service: march, 1952 – January, 1954
Location of Service: Melville (Newport), Rhode Island
EDWARD Q. ROUTON
Branch: Army
Rank: Private
War Service: NA
Time in Service: 1986 – 1987
Location of Service: U.S.
EVERETT W. ROUTON (Deceased)
Branch: Army
Rank: Corporal
War Service: World War I
Time in Service:
Location of Service: France
FUQUA ROUTON (Deceased)
Branch: Army
Rank:
War Service: World War I
Time in Service:
Location of Service: France (?)
JOE ROUTON, SR. (Deceased)
Branch: Marines
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
War Service: World War II
Time in Service: 1941 - 1945
Location of Service: Japan
JOHN B. ROUTON
Branch: Air Force
Rank: Staff Sgt.
War Service: NA
Time in Service: 1954 - 1958
Location of Service: U.S. and Korea
NORMAN RICHARD ROUTON
Branch: Air Force
Rank: Technical Sgt. E-6
War Service: Korean War, Vietnam War
Time in Service:
Location of Service:
RALPH WALTERS ROUTON (deceased)
Branch: Army
Rank:
War Service: World War I
Time in Service:
Location of Service: U.S.
RICHARD RUCKER ROUTON
Branch: Army and National Guard
Rank: Sgt.
War Service: NA
Time in Service: Served during the Vietnam era – did not go to
Vietnam.
Location of Service:
ROGER ROUTON (Deceased)
Branch: Army
Rank:
War Service: World War II
Time in Service: 1942
Location of Service: Alaska – construction of the Alaskan Highway
SANDRA VAWTER ROUTON
Branch: Army and National Guard
Rank: Captain, Army Nurse Corps
War Service: NA
Time in Service:
Location of Service:
STEPHEN JAMES (JIM) ROUTON, JR. (Deceased)
Branch: Navy
Rank: Commissioned Ensign at Midshipman Training at Columbia University, NY, NY Lieutenant J. G. – Line Officer on LST-877
War Service: World War II
Time in Service:
Location of Service: Volunteered – Camp Forest, TN; Basic Training – Naval Base – San Diego; Midshipman School – Columbia University, NY; Active Duty – Pacific – Okinawa Ba
ttle Station
WILLIAM ROBERT (BOB) ROUTON, M.D. (Deceased)
Branch: National Guard
Rank: Lt. Colonel
War Service: NA
Time in Service: 1982 - 1993
Location of Service: Tennessee
WILLIAM (BILLY) SANDERS ROUTON (Deceased)
Branch: Army (Signal Corps)
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
War Service: World War II
Time in Service:
Location of Service:
BERNICE ROUTON SCOTT (Deceased)
Branch: Army Nurse Corps
Rank:
War Service: World War II
Time in Service:
JOHN JACOB SOMMER
Branch: Army
Rank: Captain
War Service: Vietnam War
Time in Service: August 1967 – July 1970
Location of Service: Long Binh, South Vietnam