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HOWARD HERRELL ASHFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 23, 1941 – March 3, 1968
Service recordHoward Herrell Ashford, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 47
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 47
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ALSMANStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1968
- RICHARD LEE BORGMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- FRANK LESTER BROWNPrivate · March 3, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN BUYSSergeant · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT ROYCE DISMUKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 50
- NORMAN ARCHIE FOSSETTCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 51
- HAROLD EDWARD REKAUPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 56
- RAY HOUSTON WOODSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 59
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.