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HARRY DANIEL ASHCRAFT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – May 21, 1969
Service recordHarry Daniel Ashcraft, of Richmond, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond, Kentucky (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 63
- GUADALUPE ESPARZA MONTOYASpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- DAVID HUNTER WILKERSONPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- JIMMIE VAN BOCKPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- L C CARTERSergeant · May 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK JOSEPH HAVERLAND JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 66
From Richmond
- ARTHUR BRUMAGENSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1966
- ROBERT T SICKELSSergeant First Class · April 4, 1967
- DONALD DEWAYNE PHILBECKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- JAMES VIRL DENHAMSergeant · June 30, 1968
- FRANKLIN RENFRO JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- BUFORD HARDYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MARSHALLCorporal · February 19, 1971
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.