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LUTHER JULIAN ROSS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – July 22, 1968
Service recordLuther Julian Ross JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 36
- EUGENE DONALD SCHINDLERPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- ROGER DALE SHAFERSpecialist Five · July 22, 1968
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- VALENTINE TUCKERStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESTER ELWOOD BOWMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 29
- DONALD JOHN KRUSSOWPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 34
- MYRON JEROME POOCKCaptain · Panel 51W, Line 35
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.