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JERRY ALLEN ASHBURN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – June 17, 1969
Service recordJerry Allen Ashburn, of Port Edwards, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 62
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Port Edwards, Wisconsin (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 62
- EDWIN ALLEN ZUMWALTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ASKAMPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILFREDO AYALA-REYESSergeant · June 17, 1969
- DANNY RAY BAKERSergeant · June 17, 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.