LCDR Donald Roberts Ashby Sr.
Name: Donald Roberts Ashby Sr.
Rank/Branch: United States Navy/O4
Unit:
Date of Birth: 08 April 1930
Home City of Record: Newport News VA
Date of Loss: 19 January 1967
Country of Loss: South Vietnam over water
Loss Coordinates:
Status (in 1973): Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4B - # 153029
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 0574
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File.
REMARKS:
Donald Ashby was the pilot of an F4B that crashed over water. He was a 14 year Navy veteran.
No further information available at this time.
Information from No-Quarter:
--- General / Personal ---
Last name: ASHBY First name: DONALD ROBERTS SR Home of Record (official): NEWPORT NEWS State (official): VA Date of Birth: Tuesday, April 8, 1930 Sex: Male Race: Caucasian Marital Status: Married
--- Military ---
Branch: Navy Rank: LCDR Serial Number: 595765 Component: Regular Pay grade: O4 MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 1310
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Thursday, January 19, 1967 Date of Casualty: Thursday, January 19, 1967 Age at time of loss: 36 Casualty type: (C1) Non-hostile, died of other causes Reason: Air loss - Crashed at sea (Pilot - Fixed wing aircraft) Country: South VietNam Province: Offshore, Province unknown The Wall: Panel 14E - Row 052
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