ADAM ROSS
Articles | Photos | VideosFamily and community bid farewell to Pfc. Adam Ross
AUG 4, 2012
Pfc. Adam Corey Ross was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star this afternoon as he was buried with full military honors at Wood Memorial Park. A large crowd attended funeral services at Fairview Baptist Church to say goodbye to their hometown hero.
Ross was killed July 24 in an ambush in Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
Adam Ross: A story of love and loss
AUG 3, 2012
There’s little so gripping as a love story between a soldier and his childhood sweetheart.
Pfc. Adam Corey Ross lived to propose to Rachel “BB” Lowery. He died 7,500 miles from home in an ambush in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, protecting the same dreams of his “brothers” and countrymen.
The community wraps its arms around a Fallen Hero
AUG 2, 2012
At 1:24, the small charter plane taxied across the tarmac at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in Greer. It seemed to move gently to a stop at Stevens Aviation as if mindful of the precious cargo it carried. A few yards from a hearse, it rolled to a stop. When its deafening engines finally fell silent, all that could be heard was the sobbing of a young girl.
There was no breeze on this sweltering August afternoon. No shade as the family of Private First Class Adam Ross, killed July 24 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, sat in folding chairs on the hot expanse of concrete beneath a hazy blue sky. No respite for the hundreds of friends and family and fellow soldiers who stood along the fence with American flags in their hands and tears in their eyes.
Thousands wave flags, salute Pfc. Adam Ross upon his return home
AUG 2, 2012
Pfc. Adam Corey Ross, 19, came home today and thousands turned out to salute the fallen hero.
Men, women and children waved American flags, paused on the side of highways and downtown Greer and saluted Ross.
Memorial service for Ross streamed from Italy
AUG 1, 2012
A memorial service for Pfc. Adam C. Ross will be streamed from Vicenza, Italy Thursday morning at 9 a.m. Eastern Time.
Ross was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy. He had been in Afghanistan for three weeks when he was killed in an ambush, the Department of Defense reported.
Pfc. Adam Ross is coming home Thursday
AUG 1, 2012
U.S. Army Pfc. Adam Ross, 19, is coming home Thursday.
Ross is scheduled to arrive at Stevens Aviation at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport at 1:19 p.m. Thursday where family, a military honor guard and the Patriot Guard will meet him.
Pfc. Adam Ross remembered at Greer Idol finale
JUL 29, 2012
Greer saluted U.S. Army Pfc. Adam Ross at Greer Idol Friday night with song, dedications and a heartfelt long ovation for his family attending the event. Ross was killed in Afghanistan last Tuesday when he was caught in an ambush.
Mike Lowery, Greer Idol emcee for the past six years, told the spectators he often questioned why he maintained emceeing the annual summer competition. Friday night the answer came to him.
Ross, 19, Lyman soldier, killed in Afghanistan
JUL 25, 2012
Army Pfc. Adam C. Ross, 19, of Lyman died Tuesday, July 24, in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he encountered small arms fire, reported the U.S. Department of Defense.
Ross was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy. He had been in Afghanistan for three weeks when he was killed in an ambush, according to the Army.
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