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JOHN FREDERICK ASHMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1944 – December 23, 1965
Service recordJohn Frederick Ashman, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 23, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 TANK BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 35
- JOHN DOUGLAS PRUDHOMMELieutenant · December 22, 1965
- PAUL DAVID BERTHIAUMECaptain · December 23, 1965
- JAMES A GRUEZKEWarrant Officer 1 · December 23, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
From Scranton
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 1968
- CARL SANFORD KIZERCaptain · June 19, 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.