Muskego Historical Society
Vietnam Casualties
Dennis Robert Martin
Birth Date: 22 May 1946
Death Date: 24 Aug 1965
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Home City: Muskego
Home State: Wisconsin
Religion: Roman Catholic
Marital Status: Single (Spouse Not Listed)
SSN/Service #: 2053532
Citizen Status: U.S.
Death Date: 24 Aug 1965
Processed Date: Apr 1983
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Casualty Type: Non-Hostile - Died of Other Causes
Casualty Reason: Aircraft Loss/Crash at Sea
Casualty Air: Fixed Wing Air Casualty - Non-Aircrew
Body Status: Body Recovered
Service Branch: United States Marine Corps
Component: Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)
Military Grade: Lance Corporal
Pay Grade: Private First Class (U.S. Army) or Airman First Class (U.S. Air Force) or Lance Corporal (U.S. Marine Corps) or Grade/Rate Abbreviations With First Column: A,C,D,F,H,S,Or T; Second Column: A; Third And Fourth Columns: Blank (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Service Occupation: Bulk Fuel Specialist (USMC)
Data Source: Combat Area Casualties Current File
United States Marine Corp. Lance Corporal Bulk Fuel Specialist
Aircraft Loss/Crashed at Sea in Republic of Vietnam
Burial: Saint Joseph Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Section H Row 21 Grave 2
Ronald A. Ross
CAPT - O3 - Army - Reserve
1st Field Force
23 year old Married, Caucasian, Male
Birth Date: Jul 25, 1946
From MUSKEGO, WISCONSIN
Length of service 3 years.
His tour of duty began on Dec 29, 1968
Death Date: Oct 31, 1969 in QUANG DUC, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
Religion: LUTHERAN & MISSOURI SYNOD
Rites Held for Lt. Ross
(source: HUB 11/20/1969)
Services were held Monday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Tess Corners for 1st Lt. Ronald A. Ross who was killed in action in Vietnam on Oct. 31.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ross, S6773 Muskego Dr., was an artillery spotter.
A graduate of Muskego high school, he attended Stevens Point state university. He was commissioned Dec. 15, 1968. He had one more month to serve in Vietnam to complete his tour of duty.
Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, Trisha, son John Anthony, brothers, Sp/1 Gerald in Berlin, Germany, and James at home, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Borgeson of Milwaukee.