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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: Lance Corporal Walter Ross Jr.
Additional Description: L Co., 3rd BN, 1st Marines, 1st MarDiv, III MAF, United States Marine Corps.

January 08, 1949 to July 09, 1970

Walter graduated from Fluvanna County High School in 1968. He was drafted by the Charlottesville / Albemarle Draft Board into the USMC that same year. With only 9 months left in Vietnam, Walter sent his mother a letter in which he said he had befriended two young Vietnamese orphans that he wanted to bring home. Walter was killed in action from small arms fire during a battle in Quang Nam Province.

LCpl Walter Ross Jr. was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with ‘V’ Device for Combat Valor, the Purple Heart Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. Walter is buried in the Cloverdale Baptist Church Cemetery in Bremo Bluff.
Submitted: April 15, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380297
File Size: 1.087 Megabytes

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