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WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 26, 1943 – January 30, 1968
Service recordWilliam Robert Ross JR, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 35 MACV
- Born
- July 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Khanh Hoa 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 35E, Line 80
- DAN DAILY MCCONNAUGHHAYPetty Officer Second Class · February 5, 1966
- PETER WELLESLEY FOOTESergeant · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD FRED RIALSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- TONY RIJOSPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- GENE AUTRY ROSSPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DEAN CALVIN SPENCER IIISpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
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.