Joseph Shaw Ross

Vietnam War
Unit389th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromFt. Thomas Kentucky
Date of DeathAugust 1 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Ross was a member of the 389th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Danang Air Base, South Vietnam. On August 1, 1968, he was the bombardier/navigator of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a night armed reconnaissance mission near Ban Karai Pass, North Vietnam, when his aircraft was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.