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ROSS THOMAS HULSLANDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 21, 1947 – September 19, 1968
Service recordRoss Thomas Hulslander, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 37
- RICHARD ALFONCE HOFFMANNCorporal · September 19, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN HOLTCaptain · September 19, 1968
- JOSEPH LOUIS JACKSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
- LLOYD WILLIAM JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELIAS JOHNSON PAULKStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 41
- JAMES CHESTER SCHULTZCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 42
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 1967
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.