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JAMES ARTHUR ASHECRAFT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 1, 1947 – December 28, 1966
Service recordJames Arthur Ashecraft, of Hamlet, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Born
- June 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamlet, North Carolina (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 88
- RAY FRANCIS WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1966
- LARRY JOE WILLISSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- RONALD JEROME ZITIELLOPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- LONNIE BARBERPlatoon Sergeant · December 28, 1966
From Hamlet
- LUTHER HARRIS HOWARDSpecialist Four · June 30, 1967
- LONNIE ELLERBE JRLance Corporal · August 13, 1968
- NOAH LELAND SMITHPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- DONALD LINCOLN COVINGTONPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
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.