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GENE K ROSS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1947 – April 4, 1968
Service recordGene K Ross, of Boron, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Boron, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 9
- DAVID ARTHUR PETERSCaptain · April 4, 1968
- RONALD GENE PHEARSWarrant Officer 1 · April 4, 1968
- JIMMY DEE PICKLESpecialist Five · April 4, 1968
- MIKE RAYMOND RASBERRYSpecialist Four · April 4, 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.