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JIMMIE CALVIN ROSS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1946 – March 1, 1967
Service recordJimmie Calvin Ross, of Woodville, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 129
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Woodville, Mississippi (Wilkinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 129
- KENNETH MITCHELLLance Corporal · March 1, 1967
- VICTOR OHANESIANLieutenant Colonel · March 1, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
From Woodville
- CHARLIE REED JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 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.