Frank F. Ross

Joined the scouts' assault across a burning bridge

Frank Fulton Ross was born in Avon, Illinois, on 2 December 1867. He served as a private in Company H, 1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry during the Philippine-American War.

Near San Isidro, Luzon, on 16 May 1899, Ross joined twenty-one other scouts in charging across a burning bridge under heavy fire. His Medal of Honor citation credits their assault with routing six hundred enemy troops from a strongly fortified position.

Ross received the medal on 6 June 1906. His award was accredited to Langdon, North Dakota.

Ross returned to federal service in July 1917 as a captain. He transferred to the 147th Field Artillery that December, served overseas from January 1918 to May 1919, and was discharged in June 1919.

He died in California on 29 January 1936 and is buried in Bellevue Cemetery in Ontario. His citation preserves his part in the scouts' advance across the burning bridge.

Medal of Honor citation

With 21 other scouts charged across a burning bridge, under heavy fire, and completely routed 600 of the enemy who were entrenched in a strongly fortified position.