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CURTIS MORRIS ASHTON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
November 30, 1946 – December 27, 1969
Service recordCurtis Morris Ashton, of Sweetwater, Texas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 27, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 96
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electrician's Mate (AE)
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Sweetwater, Texas (Nolan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 96
- RAYMOND LOUIS MCCASLINStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1969
- WILLIAM HERMAN RUFFSergeant · December 26, 1969
- DUSTIN COWLES TROWBRIDGELieutenant (junior grade) · December 26, 1969
- GERARD JOSEPH WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
From Sweetwater
- RUFUS WILSON BILLSSergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
- WILLIAM ROY WATTFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- WILMER DWAYNE WILSONHospitalman · April 16, 1968
- DONALD NEAL KENNONMajor · February 13, 1969
- CLARENCE S TURNER IIISpecialist Five · January 14, 1970
- HAROLD DALE DARNELLSergeant · January 20, 1970
- WILLIAM ACE BILLY MORTONSergeant · June 5, 1970
- R D MCDONELLStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
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.