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ROSS EDWARD MANDEVILLE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 18, 1948 – August 19, 1969
Service recordRoss Edward Mandeville, of Ripley, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 70
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Asphalt Equipment Operator (62D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 73 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- June 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Ripley, Oklahoma (Payne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 70
- EUGENE AUSTIN LUNNSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MACKAYSergeant · August 19, 1969
- WILLIAM LEO MAGERR IIICorporal · August 19, 1969
- STEPHEN LEE MARTINOCorporal · August 19, 1969
From Ripley
- BILL ALAN WEBBCorporal · August 20, 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.