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RONALD A ASHE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 11, 1946 – July 30, 1972
Service recordRonald A Ashe, of Ansonia, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 30, 1972, in Thailand, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 60
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Ansonia, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 60
- LESTER RUSHINStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1972
- PHILIP DOYLE SELLERSColonel · July 29, 1972
- JAMES E HUDELSONMajor · July 30, 1972
- DAVID J PRICECaptain · July 30, 1972
- CHARLES FRANCIS HAYNESSergeant · October 30, 1972
From Ansonia
- ELMO MARINELLIPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOSEPH DAVID FRANCOLINISpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM FOSTERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FOYCorporal · November 3, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKASpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- RAYMOND SUAREZ JRLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 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.