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HENRY LEWIS ASHFORD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1945 – February 23, 1969
Service recordHenry Lewis Ashford, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 87
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 87
- GUY FRANCIS ABBOTTSergeant First Class · February 23, 1969
- KYLE ASHCOM ADDAIRFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- WILFORD HARLESS ALDERMANSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- ARTHUR JAMES ANDERSONSergeant · February 23, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.