The Wall › Panel 51W › Virginia › Edward Garland Ash JR
EDWARD GARLAND ASH JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1944 – July 21, 1968
Service recordEdward Garland Ash JR, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 23
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 23
- STUART JOHN WOODLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUNPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- RUSSEL E BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSEL E BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 23
- JIMMY CONCEPCION-CHAPMANCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 24
- ARTHUR MERINO FLORESCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 25
- CHARLES L CALLAHAN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 26
- BRIAN STUART KRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 26
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 27
- ROBERT WARREN PARENTSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 28
- ROBERT DOUGLAS STONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 28
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 28
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 29
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 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.