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ROSS APPLEGATE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1949 – March 26, 1968
Service recordRoss Applegate, of Bergenfield, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Bergenfield, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 27
- DAVID PAUL STARKCorporal · March 25, 1968
- JOEL GARY ANDERSPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- EDWIN LAWRENCE ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- CRAIG PHILIP AVERILLCorporal · March 26, 1968
- GENE THOMAS BAILEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEWIS BELINGEPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 29
- JOHN PATRICK GIDDINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 33
- JOHNNIE DARRIEL HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 34
- CHARLES RAY MOOMEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 38
- GARY MARTIN REEDYSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 40
- JAMES FRANCIS STOLINSKISergeant · Panel 46E, Line 42
From Bergenfield
- FRANCIS CAMPEAUPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- WAYNE LEONARD GOLONCorporal · February 5, 1968
- CHARLES HENRY RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1968
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.