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RONALD CARL ROSS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1938 – July 18, 1968
Service recordRonald Carl Ross, of Girard, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Girard, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 7
- ANTHONY FRANCIS MCNELLISMaster Sergeant · July 18, 1968
- RONNIE GENE MOORESpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- RONALD JOSEPH PUSKARCIKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- WILLARD THOMAS REDMONDStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRISON E WOEHNKER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 9
From Girard
- JOSEPH A SICILIANO JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR JONESPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- JAMES W CHARLESWORTH JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1970
- PAUL ANTHONY SGAMBATISpecialist Four · March 3, 1971
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.