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ROSS JAMES PATERSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 30, 1943 – February 16, 1966
Service recordRoss James Paterson, of Palatine, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 40
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Medium Transport (062D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Palatine, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 40
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- FRANK EDWARD CRABBEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1966
- FREDDIE GEAN LLOYDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE GEAN LLOYDSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 40
- JAMES ROBERT DINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 41
From Palatine
- JAMES D VANHOOSIERSpecialist Four · December 5, 1967
- RALPH R CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
- JOHN ALEXANDER BLANCO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD DOLIKWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
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.