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WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Navy
August 5, 1928 – June 24, 1966
Service recordWilliam Ross Savage, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 24, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 89
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. Navy
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO-1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cwo (7132)
- Born
- August 5, 1928
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 89
- GORDON RAY SKYLESSergeant · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- DELMAS SHERWOOD TOWNSENDWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- CARROLL LAVERNE TUTHILLSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
- ERNEST LEE CARTERStaff Sergeant · November 7, 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.