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RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1945 – October 17, 1966
Service recordRaymond Jefferson Ross JR, of Norwalk, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 84
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROUSSOSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- EDWARD GEORGE SALONISHPetty Officer First Class · October 17, 1966
- DAVID LEE SKINNERLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- MITCHELL FRANK SILVERSPrivate First Class · January 25, 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.