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PAUL MICHAEL ASH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – February 16, 1968
Service recordPaul Michael Ash, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 61
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 61
- HERBERT DON HAMMONSLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- DONALD ALVIN HIERLMEIERPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ROBERT S HUTCHINSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1968
- GARY DALE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNY LAWRENCE COLTERPrivate · Panel 39E, Line 58
- RICHARD LEE BOSWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 60
- ROBERT S HUTCHINSON IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 61
- JEROME RICHARD KELLYSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 62
- ADOLFO LUNASergeant · Panel 39E, Line 63
- ROGER DALE PYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 65
- JOSEPH VICTOR SPELLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 67
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
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.