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SAMUEL EARL ASHER
Captain · U.S. Army
November 3, 1941 – April 26, 1970
Service recordSamuel Earl Asher, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 53
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 53
- ARMAND ERVIN RISTINENStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1970
- BILLY JOE SEBASTIANCorporal · April 25, 1970
- GUS SMITH JRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
- RONALD HARRISON ALLBRIGHTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HARRISON ALLBRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 53
- TONY CLOUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 54
- CHARLES RAY KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 55
- EUDELL LEO KOTROUSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 55
From Oak Ridge
- GERALD WAYNE DAVIDSONFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1964
- BENJAMIN LEE IVPrivate First Class · March 17, 1966
- JOSEPH KEITH BRADLEYLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WELSHANMajor · March 3, 1968
- HOYLE TERRY JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- GREGORY JOHN WEBERLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD HIBBARDPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- MICHEAL ROGER BAKERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- LUTHER EUGENE DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
- JEFF THOMAS BARNETT SRGunnery Sergeant · January 16, 1971
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.