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THOMAS EDWARD ROSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1951 – March 1, 1971
Service recordThomas Edward Ross, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 14
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 20, 1951
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 14
- KARL RAY GANTZAirman First Class · March 1, 1971
- SHELDON LEE GULSETHPrivate First Class · March 1, 1971
- ALFRED LEMUEL KINCER IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1971
- MILTON HARDIN RAMSEYMajor · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD SAULERS BOWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 13
- JAMES HAMILTON COLBERTSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 13
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 13
- FRANK AGUAN SABLANSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 15
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.