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FREDERIC NATHANIEL ASH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1950 – March 5, 1969
Service recordFrederic Nathaniel Ash, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 41
- JUAN AYALA-MERCADOSpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- NELSON BEYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- BOYD LAWRENCE BRAKELance Corporal · March 5, 1969
- EFRAIN FIGUEROA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLEN CLAUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 42
- JOHN KENNETH SUBLETT JRCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 49
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
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.