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LARRY EDWARD ROSS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1946 – February 28, 1967
Service recordLarry Edward Ross, of Novato, California, 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 21. 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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Novato, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
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.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 122
- JAMES LEE 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 Novato
- ROBERT ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- MICHAEL GORDON TANDYPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- JAMES L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- JERRY G SIMSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL GRIBBINCaptain · March 17, 1970
- EDWARD WAYNE BETHARDSCorporal · January 11, 1971
- DARYL ROY KUNZLERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1972
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.