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DELMER VIRGIL ASHBROOK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1948 – March 17, 1969
Service recordDelmer Virgil Ashbrook, of Sergent, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 65
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Sergent, Kentucky (Letcher County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 65
- BERNARD ANTHONY ZAMBRANOPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- ROBERT LLOYD BALDWINFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE BARRETT JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- DAN MICHAEL BRITTSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS MARTIN BECKMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 58
- JOSEPH WILLIAM HUDSONCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 61
- EARL THOMAS QUILLENPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 62
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.