Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Henry Lewis Ashford
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

Henry Lewis Ashford

Corporal
1945 – 1969
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 32W
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Corporal Henry Lewis Ashford served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Henry served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Henry was 23 years old.

How He Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Blast injury
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Nam
Keepsakes
Henry L Ashford
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
M CO, 3RD BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
0311: RIFLEMAN
CPL
RIFLEMAN
QUANG NAM
1969
Pay grade E04.
Conflicts
Vietnam War Cold War
Awards & Decorations 4

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 32W · Line 87 cut as HENRY L ASHFORD
Burial Information
Cemetery Houston National Cemetery
Section C
Grave 810
In Our Keeping
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Henry Lewis Ashford
Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1969
3rd Battalion 1st Marines
Corporal
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
3rd Battalion 1st Marines - Insignia

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