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JLYNN ROSS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1946 – March 17, 1968
Service recordJlynn Ross JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 17, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 17, 1968
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 14
- RANDALL JOHN NIGHTINGALEPetty Officer Second Class · March 17, 1968
- JOE RUSSELL PECKSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- JIMMY RAY PIERCEPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- LARRY JOE RODGERSPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VIRGIL EUGENE CHILDERSCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 9
- HERMANN DOELGER-LANDIVARPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 10
- JOE RUSSELL PECKSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 14
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.