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MILTON ALAN ROSS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1948 – February 9, 1969
Service recordMilton Alan Ross, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 2
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- 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
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 2
- WILLIAM RAYMOND PROMLance Corporal · February 9, 1969
- DEWEY IRVIN STRUEBINGSpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
- JOSE MANUEL TREJOPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- JOHN LESLIE WEHRSergeant · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL BYRD ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 90
- JOE EDD HESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 93
- THOMAS MARTIN NEALSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 3
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.