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JOHN SILVY ASH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 22, 1940 – December 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Silvy Ash, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 15
- DENNIS ALLEN WATSONSpecialist Four · December 1, 1969
- TRINO BALTAZAR BENAVIDEZCorporal · December 2, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Four · December 2, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 15
- ROBERT LE ROY DALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 16
- STACY KRESHOStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 18
- ROBERT RONALD LEISYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 18
- DARNELL MISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 18
- ALFRED PICKARDPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 19
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.