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DONALD EDWARD ROSS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 4, 1941 – April 23, 1969
Service recordDonald Edward Ross, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Parkersburg, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 36
- ARNOLD SANFORDCaptain · April 23, 1969
- JOHN RANDALL SPEARSergeant · April 23, 1969
- CHARLES DEVEAUX TANNEHILLSergeant · April 23, 1969
- JOHN WERNER TIDERENCELSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
From Parkersburg
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · December 3, 1965
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · May 12, 1966
- STEVEN ERIC EMRICKLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES REYNOLDSSergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN WHARTONMajor · February 20, 1969
- GARY REX MOSSLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · May 4, 1969
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.