SSgt Jim Rooth

Marine Corps | Motor Transport Maintenance Chief

Dates of Service: Sep 1965 - Jan 1977

VETERAN

77% Complete

7 Endorsements

49 Contacts

Influence Score: 17,615
3,412 out of 865,862 Veterans

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Bio

Started out as a wrecker driver at Base Motors camp Pendleton. Moved to RVN. Moved to Okinawa. Moved back to RVN. Medevac'd to NAS Corpus Christi. Moved to MCAS Yuma. Moved back to RVN. Moved to RSS Lake Charles, LA. Moved to Camp Lejeune. Retired. Moved to Dallas, TX area. Worked as mechanic for 20 yrs. Became Sys Admin & worked that for 8 yrs. Now I watch the mailbox rust! Worked as mechanic, IT help desk and Network Administrator Now I sit and watch my mailbox rust...

Deployments

(1 year, 7 months)

Oct 1969 - Nov 1970

Vietnam War

Final disposition was Maint Chief, T Co. 11th MT

May 1967 - Sep 1967

Vietnam War

1 Endorsement

Contracted TB Medevaced out

Military Credentials

Individual & Special Skill Schools

Nov 1970 - Dec 1973

Recruiter

Jan 1966 - Feb 1966

Mechanic

Foreign Language Skills

1969

Dialects of Vietnamese (1+/1+)

Security Clearance

Prefer not to say

Academic Degrees

1967 - 1970

Republic of South Viet Nam University

Bachelor's Degree, Ducking with minor in Zigging and Zagging

Personal Information

Interests

love my wife of 48+ years. love my marines - 2 sons and a daughter. all have been stationed in hostile environments and thank god all came home in one piece. rode bikes for several decades but since losing my leg to diabetes i can only think about the pas