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CARLTON ROSS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – September 26, 1968
Service recordCarlton Ross, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 22
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 22
- DAWSON JESSE ATWOODCorporal · September 26, 1968
- TERRY DIXON RATLIFFLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- ARTURO BROWN RIVASStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW RUSCITOPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT VINSON BOLLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 15
- FREDERICK EARL BORCZYNSKISergeant · Panel 42W, Line 15
- JOHN LEE BOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 15
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · Panel 42W, Line 16
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 17
- DANNY CARLTON HAYESSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 18
- LEE ROY MCELHANEYSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 20
- JAMES RANDALL PRUETTSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 21
- STEVEN PAUL RANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 21
- RICHARD BARRY TROTTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 25
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.