Fred W. Ashley

World War II
Service #39907750
Unit2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From Idaho
Date of DeathMay 4 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Purple Heart
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Pfc. Fred W. Ashley were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at Epinal American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.