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WILLIAM SIDNEY ROSS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1946 – July 23, 1967
Service recordWilliam Sidney Ross JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 113
- CHARLES EDWARD OLIVERPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
- EUGENIO RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
- JOEL PAUL STAUNTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1967
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · 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.