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ARTHUR JAMES ROSS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1946 – November 4, 1968
Service recordArthur James Ross JR, of Asbury Park, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Asbury Park, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 18
- PATRICK IRVIN NELMSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- GREGORY LEE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN SETTERSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- OTIS RAYMOND SIMPSONSpecialist Five · November 4, 1968
From Asbury Park
- LOUIS EDWARD PERRYCorporal · March 24, 1967
- ROLAND WILL MANUELStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- THEOTHIS COLLINSLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
- PAUL HUNTINGTON GANUNCorporal · May 18, 1969
- ALBERT B WASHINGTON JRCorporal · June 1, 1969
- FLOYD MOYESpecialist Five · March 10, 1970
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.