Rank and organization: Machinist, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Nevada. Place and date: Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Entered service at: Denver, Colo. Born: 8 December 1910, Beverly, Kans.
Citation... For distinguished conduct in the line of his profession, extraordinary courage and disregard of his own life during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941.
When his station in the forward dynamo room of the U.S.S. Nevada
became almost untenable due to smoke, steam, and heat, Machinist Ross
forced his men to leave that station and performed all the duties
himself until blinded and unconscious.
