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JAMES ARTHUR ROSS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 12, 1943 – November 1, 1969
Service recordJames Arthur Ross, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 15
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 15
- ROGER DALE PARTINGTONCaptain · November 1, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID SIROCCO JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1969
- HERSHEL CLIFFORD SMITHCorporal · November 1, 1969
- CHARLES ROY TIPTONSergeant First Class · November 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT HAGOODFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 13
- JOEL THOMAS LAUStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 13
- SAM HENRY MANGUMSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 14
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.