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Ross Applegate

Died in the service of our country
BHS class of 1967
Branch of Service: Army
Hometown: 29 Morgan St.
Bergenfield, NJ
Date of birth: August 5, 1949
Rank: SP4
Date of casualty: March 26, 1968
Place of casualty: Thua Thien, South Vietnam
Dedication: Ross Applegate Park, Bergenfield

Medals:
Purple Heart
Bronze Star
National Defense Service Medal
Military Merit Medal

Gallantry Cross with Palm
Rifle M16
Other webpages:
Ross Applegate
In Memory of Ross Applegate
Wall Magic – Vietnam Memorial
Virtual Wall
Find a Grave Memorial
HonorStates.org
Wall of Faces - Leave a comment
Video tribute by Sydney Beeler
Ms. Leader, Westlake High School
©2019 all rights reserved, used with permission
2019 Eanes Westlake Vietnam Project


Click below to see a poem tribute by Mary Herlihy ©2005


About Ross: On March 26, 1968 at the age of 18, Ross Applegate was killed in action in South Vietnam, Thua Thien Province in what was believed to be mortar barrage at Camp Davis. His death shocked all his family and friends back in the US.
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
Additional information: Virtual Wall on the Viet Nam Memorial in Washington, DC. Panel 46E, Row 027

Burial:Atlantic View Cemetery - Manasquan, NJ
Plot: Section E, Lot 30, Grave WH

Ross Applegate family head stone
Ross Applegate grave marker
Ross Intell School
Ross Applegate
Obituary


The Veterans section was created and maintained by
Joseph DiMaggio, BHS'67 and Eva DeMaggio Gallione, BHS '64