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ELMER TIM ROSS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1938 – April 13, 1971
Service recordElmer Tim Ross, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 122
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
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 122
- ALTON REESE ROBERTSSpecialist Five · April 13, 1971
- LAMAR LONGO WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 13, 1971
- RENE AUGUST ZIMMERLEPrivate First Class · April 13, 1971
- TERRY JOE BAILEYCorporal · April 14, 1971
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
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.