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Personal info

Full name
ROSS, John Adam Jr
Date of birth
27 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri
Hometown
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37204640
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wissembourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 29 14

Immediate family

Members
John A. Ross (father)
Myrtle R. (Allen) Ross (mother)
Charles G. Ross 9Brother)
Ethel J. Ross (sister)
Chester L. Ross (brother)
William F. Ross (brother)
Raymond E. Ross (brother)
Marian Ross (sister)
Harvey E. Ross (brother)
James I. Ross (brother)
Violet I. (Fannon) Ross (wife)
John C. Ross (son)

More information

Pvt John A. Ross was employed at Wagner Delivery before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / McMichael Family Tree / Combat History 79th Infantry Division / www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
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