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THOMAS MICHAEL ROSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1945 – February 2, 1968
Service recordThomas Michael Ross, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 84
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- FELIX ALVARDO RUIZSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- HOMER ALFRED RUPLE JRSpecialist Five · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 68
- DELFERD BENJAMIN DUNIFERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 69
- GARY RAY FITCHSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 70
- RENE ZAROGOZA HERNANDEZCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 74
- HUGH R MCKIBBIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 79
- CHARLES THOMAS PARKERSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 81
- JAMES DOUGLAS VANHOOKPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 1
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.