Rank and Name, Private Ben Harvey Ashing.
Unit/Placed in, 698th Ordnance Company, Aviation.
(A lot of People according file’s named him a POW but is wrong)
Ben is born approx. on 1919 in California.
Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.
Ben enlisted the service in California with service number # 39009593.
Ben died non Battle at Bataan (The Japanese found his remains and left it (date presumably is pronounced dead date) on 28 July 1942, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Ben is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Crestlawn Memorial Park, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA.
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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
