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LARRY THOMAS ROSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 15, 1948 – February 20, 1969
Service recordLarry Thomas Ross, of Arcata, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 68
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Arcata, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 68
- HERBERT HOLLINGE STAUFFERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- HAROLD SULLIVANSergeant · February 20, 1969
- ALFREDO JULIAN VILLANUEVASergeant · February 20, 1969
- WAYNE ALLEN WHARTONMajor · February 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DRUE ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 63
- QUENTON LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 64
- MARVIN ANDREW DEVAULTCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 64
- EARNEST LEE KAUFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 65
- BILLIE JACK MCCLUREPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 66
- JUNIOR FLOYD RONIGERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 67
- HERBERT HOLLINGE STAUFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 68
- ALLEN CALVIN YEOMANS IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 69
From Arcata
- ALAN EUGENE HENDRICKSONCaptain · August 3, 1967
- MARVIN EDWARD MCLELLANDCorporal · June 6, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RUSSELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- KELLY STUART MORRISSergeant · July 26, 1969
- JAMES CLARK MCGLASSONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- ROGER DALE LOWERYLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- NELS VERN ROSENLUND IISpecialist Four · September 21, 1969
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.