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KENNETH ROSS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 13, 1947 – February 10, 1970
Service recordKenneth Ross, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 123
- ANTHONY PHILIP ODDOPrivate First Class · February 10, 1970
- TARRY THOMAS OREILLYWarrant Officer 1 · February 10, 1970
- DUANE LAWRENCE RICHARDSpecialist Five · February 10, 1970
- DAVID FRANCIS SCHUETTEPetty Officer Third Class · February 10, 1970
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
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.