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ROSS MICHAEL BEE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 24, 1946 – January 19, 1967
Service recordRoss Michael Bee, of Georgetown, Idaho, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Idaho (Bear Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1967; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 52
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 52
- EMMETT FELTON POPE JRSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 53
- DAVID MICHAEL QUEYSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 53
- JAMES VINCENT RALSTONSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 54
- EFRAIN ZUNIGA JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 54
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.