CPT Andrew P. Ross

27 November 2018, Afghanistan

Special Forces

Born and raised in Lexington, Virginia, Captain Andrew P. Ross died on 27 November 2018 from wounds sustained in action in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

Ross was commissioned in the Army in 2011 after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He served as an Armor Officer with the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, deploying to Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in 2013. He graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course in 2017, and was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as a Detachment Commander.

CPT Ross was supporting Operation FREEDOM’S SENTINEL with his detachment when he was fatally struck by an improvised explosive device.