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MICHAEL ROBERT ROSS
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1939 – May 13, 1969
Service recordMichael Robert Ross, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 109
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- July 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 109
- LARRY IVAN BROADHEADCaptain · May 10, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY PEREZSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- GEORGE WILLIAM PICKELPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID POOLE JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD RAYSergeant First Class · May 13, 1969
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 1968
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.