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ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – June 20, 1968
Service recordRoss McCllelan Preston, of La Habra, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- La Habra, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 9
- MICHAEL GUSTAVE RINDONEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- GREGORY MARK ROSSSergeant · June 20, 1968
- CHARLES SEGAR JRSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- LAWRENCE ALLEN SHAFFERSergeant · June 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RAY EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 4
- ROBERT LEWIS MCGEE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 8
From La Habra
- DAVID DEE GUMMERESergeant · April 29, 1966
- PETER FREDERICK CHERNEYLieutenant · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD ANDREW GILLASPYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS JOYNERFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- HENRY CLAY KNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS SANDPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- JONATHAN WAYNE ALLMANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN CATINOCorporal · February 10, 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.