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JAMES LEE ROSS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1947 – February 28, 1967
Service recordJames Lee Ross, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 122
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15E, Line 122
- LARRY EDWARD ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- HARRY TRUMAN SATTERFIELDCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY SERAVALLICorporal · February 28, 1967
- KENNETH LEE STEELPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
From Hickory
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- COYTE DAVID CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.