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JEDD EDWARD ASHBY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1948 – August 28, 1968
Service recordJedd Edward Ashby, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 46
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Muskogee, Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Darlac Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 46
- SAMUEL FLOYD MORGANCorporal · August 27, 1968
- HENRY LUKE WARNER IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN WASHBURNLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- BOB BARBERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY RICHARD DEGENAARSSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 47
- WILLIAM TERRELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 48
- PEDRO DIAZCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 48
- CHARLIE MURPHY LEONARDSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 50
- MARCELINO NIEVES-COLON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 52
- LAWRENCE WAITERSCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 54
From Muskogee
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BURKETTMajor · July 13, 1964
- BUREN RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- CLAUDE NATHANIEL WILLIAMSCaptain · November 25, 1966
- JERRY K COVEYSpecialist Four · September 21, 1967
- RONALD STEWART ALLEN IIIStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1967
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- GARRY RAYMOND CHAPMANSergeant · May 5, 1968
- JERRY LEE CHAMBERSLieutenant Colonel · May 22, 1968
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
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.