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THOMAS ARTHUR ROSS
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1944 – April 3, 1969
Service recordThomas Arthur Ross, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Defense Control Officer (6709)
- Born
- April 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 7
- FRANCIS LAURY PEARSONFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1969
- ROBERT NICHOLAS PRETESergeant · April 3, 1969
- THEODORE VAIL THOMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 3, 1969
- JOSEPH BERNARD TOLERLance Corporal · April 3, 1969
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.