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CHARLES BRENT ROSS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 5, 1945 – September 11, 1969
Service recordCharles Brent Ross, of Brazil, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 72
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Brazil, Indiana (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 72
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · September 11, 1969
- MARVIN RAY ROBINSONSpecialist Five · September 11, 1969
- JERRY VAN RYANCorporal · September 11, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE SHEWSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
From Brazil
- MAX WAYNE BATCHELORSergeant · October 4, 1967
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- CHESTER RAY MCCLELLANDCorporal · August 23, 1968
- JOHNNY LEON YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- ZETTIE J C DULINSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
- GARY LEE BOYCEPetty Officer Second Class · January 1, 1973
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.