Ashby, John Henry – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Machinist’s Mate Third Class John Henry Ashby.

Unit/Placed in, 8^th Special Naval Construction Battalion, United States Navy.

John is born approx. on 15 March 1916 in Illinois.

Father, Earl Ashby.

Mother, Ella (Carney) Ashby.

Brother(s), ????? Ashby.

Spouse, Alma (Mitchell) Ashby.

John enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 8513683.

John died in the Aleutians (Alaska) on 14 Dec. 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

John is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to,

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org