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JAMES ODELL ASHTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1946 – June 8, 1968
Service recordJames Odell Ashton, of Buras, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 1
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Buras, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 1
- BRIAN CARL WINNERPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- WILLIAM C AHOUSEFirst Lieutenant · June 8, 1968
- ERIC ARNOLD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- STEPHEN EDWARD AUSTINCorporal · June 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EDMOND FORGETSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 3
- ARTURO SERNA RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 4
From Buras
- JOSEPH GEORGE SERCOVICHCorporal · January 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.