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ROBERT GARRY ROSS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 20, 1948 – May 10, 1967
Service recordRobert Garry Ross, of El Monte, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 86
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 20, 1948
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; 34 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 86
- JAMES CALVIN RILEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- MARCELINO RIVERA-CRUZGunnery Sergeant · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS SANDERSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- SAMUEL ARTHUR SHARP JRLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 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.