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GREGORY MICHAEL ASHFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1950 – August 25, 1971
Service recordGregory Michael Ashford, of Richmond, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 1
- BILLIE D DUARTPrivate First Class · August 25, 1971
- CHARLES TEDDY GILLEYSpecialist Four · August 25, 1971
- WARREN DALE HOLEMANSpecialist Four · August 25, 1971
- JOEL KAHALEALOHA KAMALOLOSpecialist Four · August 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BILLIE D DUARTPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 1
- JOEL KAHALEALOHA KAMALOLOSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 1
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 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.