WWI · Battle Death Record
Thomas Ashley
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps · Massachusetts
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Thomas Ashley
- Entered the Service From
- Massachusetts
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Unit / Regiment
- 67th Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 2nd Division
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- June 6, 1918
- Awards
- Purple Heart, World War I Victory Medal
- Burial / Memorial
- Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, France
- Grave
- Plot A, Row 6, Grave 63
Their story
Second Lieutenant Thomas Williams Ashley, an Amherst College graduate who enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1916, served as a platoon leader in the 67th Company, 5th Marine Regiment. He was mortally wounded during the 2nd Division's assault on Hill 142 at the Battle of Belleau Wood and died on June 6, 1918. He is buried at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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