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ERNEST EDWARD ROSS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1946 – November 17, 1966
Service recordErnest Edward Ross, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Southern Pines, North Carolina (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 83
- NICHOLAS MARK HARTMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE STRAHMPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
From Southern Pines
- CLINNIS HARRELL JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- PAUL MATTHEW SPENCERLance Corporal · April 18, 1968
- GARY NELSON FRYESergeant · May 19, 1968
- DONALD THOMAS LUTZSergeant First Class · June 13, 1968
- PETER PAUL BLASKO JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 8, 1968
- JOEL STEVENS IVEY JRSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.