Marion Collier Ross (January 24, 1927 – February 8, 2003) was a

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in the

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. He is a former commander of the

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at Fort Lewis, a post which he served from 1978 to 1979. He was also Deputy Commanding General of the

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, and Commander,

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, retiring in 1983. He married Ann Eleanor Sylvester at Fort Benning in 1950. Ross died in 2003 and is interred at Fort Benning.

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