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GREGORY MARK ROSS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – June 20, 1968
Service recordGregory Mark Ross, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 9
- ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL GUSTAVE RINDONEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- CHARLES SEGAR JRSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- LAWRENCE ALLEN SHAFFERSergeant · June 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD FRANCIS GENTILECorporal · Panel 55W, Line 5
- EARL TIMOTHY PELHAM JRSergeant First Class · Panel 55W, Line 8
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.