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DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SR
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
April 8, 1930 – January 19, 1967
Service recordDonald Roberts Ashby SR, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 19, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 114 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63
- Born
- April 8, 1930
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VF 114 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63”, 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
Also on Panel 14E, Line 52
- ROSS MICHAEL BEESpecialist Five · January 19, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MICHAEL EHRLICHLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 14E, Line 53
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- WILLIE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
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.