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ROBERT LEE ROSS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1948 – September 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Ross, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 22
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 22
- ANGEL LUIS REYES JRCorporal · September 1, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN RIGGLEStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- JAMES J SHAUGHNESSY JRPrivate · September 1, 1968
- ROGER LYNN SHREWSBERRYCorporal · September 1, 1968
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 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.