US PARAS 2 Burchwell, Ashland Frederick

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Burchwell
  • FORENAME
Ashland Frederick
  • UNIT
506 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (HQ and HQ Company,3 Bn)
  • RANK
First Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
0-5330990
  • DATE OF DEATH
19th February 1968
  • AGE
27
  • GRAVESITE
Lee Cemetery,Winnsboro,Wood County,Texas Section 14
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Garland,Texas
born 28.9.1940 Ashland,Kentucky
son of Homer R. and Alice (nee Tipton) Burchwell,3430 Asbury Avenue,Dallas,Texas
husband of Patricia (nee Bass) Burchwell,2212 Huskey Street,Garland,Texas (b1932)(1 son Ashland,1 stepson Trip)
graduated Pershing High School,Detroit,Michigan
2 years college
10 years service
11 Air Assault Division 1963
24 Infantry Division
1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) (1st tour Vietnam)
506 IR (S5 Civil Affairs-PsyOps Officer,3 Bn) 1967-68
awards Silver Star,Bronze Star,Army Commendation Medal (oak leaf cluster) 1968
previously held Air Medal,Army Commendation Medal
KIA Phan Thiet,Binh Thuan Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 40E Line 18
 

DATE OF DEATH:

19-Feb-1968
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