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HARVEY TURNER ROSS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1946 – June 11, 1970
Service recordHarvey Turner Ross JR, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Clarksdale, Mississippi (Coahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 45
- ERNEST LEROY RAMSEYSergeant First Class · June 11, 1970
- DENNIS ARTHUR STEPHENSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1970
- ALONZO HUGHES TAYLORSergeant · June 11, 1970
- THOMAS EUGENE TAYLORPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VERNON GAIL BERGQUISTSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 42
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 43
- GORDON T KIMBRELL JRCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 44
- FRANKLIN DELANO MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 44
- RAYMOND RIEDE UHLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 44
- DENNIS ARTHUR STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 45
- ALONZO HUGHES TAYLORSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 45
- KENNETH R MCKENNA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 46
From Clarksdale
- HENRY CLAY CAUTHEN SRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1967
- LUZON BEASLEYCorporal · March 30, 1968
- LESTER ERBYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- VAN SYLVESTER TURNER JRCorporal · January 19, 1970
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · February 15, 1970
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · August 4, 1970
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.