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WILLIAM KEITH ROSS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1945 – May 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Keith Ross, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 17
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 17
- WALTER JAMES REECESergeant · May 19, 1968
- PATRICK CARLISLE RIORDANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- SAMUEL HENRI RODRIQUEZHospitalman · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE SACHEN JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.