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RONALD ALAN ROSS
Captain · U.S. Army
July 25, 1946 – October 31, 1969
Service recordRonald Alan Ross, of Muskego, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 9
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Muskego, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 9
- MICHAEL LEE HOSEAPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
- ROBERT LAWRENCE LYNCHPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
- LARRY JOE MCGRAWSpecialist Four · October 31, 1969
- PAUL EDMUND REAUMECaptain · October 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE HOSEAPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 9
- THOMAS J SMALLWOOD JRSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 10
From Muskego
- DENNIS ROBERT MARTINLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
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.