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ROBERT LESLIE ROSS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1947 – August 22, 1968
Service recordRobert Leslie Ross, of Peabody, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 31
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Peabody, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 31
- JAMES HAROLD PIGOTTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- ANTHONY NEAL REVAKSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RICHARDSLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- PEDRO JUAN RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDFOR EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 26
From Peabody
- LEO WILLIAM LEVESQUEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1965
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- RALPH WARREN MANEYSergeant · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMONLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- RICHARD LANE COTTERSecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOISWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1969
- STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSONSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- BRUCE DAVID DICKFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1969
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.