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DAVID SETH ROSS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1945 – May 23, 1969
Service recordDavid Seth Ross, of Astoria, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Astoria, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 89
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- ARMANDO RAMIREZSpecialist Five · May 23, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN RANDALL JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- ANDREW WILLIAM RICE JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BOESECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 81
- DOUGLAS ROY MATHESONSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 82
- JOSE M GALARZA-QUINONESCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 83
- VAUGHN ONEIL HALLCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 84
- HERIBERTO MARRERO-ESTRADAStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 87
- ROY C NEWSOMESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 88
- ROBERT JOHN RANDALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 89
- KENNETH DUANE SHOAPSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 90
- DOUGLAS JOHN SOMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 90
From Astoria
- CHRISTOPHER JO OSULLIVANCaptain · May 30, 1965
- HECTOR LOPEZPrivate · October 6, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- JOSEPH FRANK SMITHPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BARZANSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JOSEPH JAMES DODDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- GILBERT DIAZLance Corporal · January 28, 1968
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.