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CARLOS ASHLOCK
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1945 – May 12, 1967
Service recordCarlos Ashlock, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on May 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 91
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 12, 1967
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 91
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- NEELY JAMES SINGLETARYCorporal · May 11, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DALE BASNETTCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 92
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.