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LEWIS DEWAYNE ROSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 10, 1946 – September 9, 1969
Service recordLewis Dewayne Ross, of Bonifay, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- June 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Bonifay, Florida (Holmes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 63
- GREGORY EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Four · September 9, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL TITCOMBCorporal · September 9, 1969
- ODELL BERNARD PATE ACKERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1969
- RALPH M BOGGESS IIICorporal · September 10, 1969
From Bonifay
- JACK LANCE GOODMANMaster Sergeant · July 18, 1963
- LARIS WHITE JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- JAMES HARVEY HINSONSergeant First Class · July 3, 1967
- PRESTON HENRY ELLISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1970
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.