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MORRIS JEROME ROSS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 1, 1941 – October 9, 1968
Service recordMorris Jerome Ross, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1968, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 36
- GEORGE MILTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- ULDIS JACK MALMANISCorporal · October 9, 1968
- FRANCISCO HERRERA OLEACorporal · October 9, 1968
- VENUS DEWHIT PAYTON JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.