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Capt Wortham Starr Ashcroft

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Capt Wortham Starr Ashcroft Veteran

Birth
Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, USA
Death
8 Nov 1942 (aged 23)
At Sea
Burial
Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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USMCR World War II
Capt. Wortham S. Ashcroft KIA location Solomon Islands, date of loss November 8, 1942 official Date of Death February 19, 1945
Unit VMSB-141
Hometown: Texas, La Jolla, California
Wife, Mrs. Wortham S. Ashcroft
service# O-007077
Awards: DFC, World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Capt. Ashcroft appears tablets of the missing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial This memorial is a cenotaph.

Details of career here.
First Lieutenant Wortham S. Ashcroft served as a pilot and temporary commander of VMSB-141 during the Guadalcanal campaign.
He failed to return from a routine search over Santa Isabel Island on 8 November 1942.
USMCR World War II
Capt. Wortham S. Ashcroft KIA location Solomon Islands, date of loss November 8, 1942 official Date of Death February 19, 1945
Unit VMSB-141
Hometown: Texas, La Jolla, California
Wife, Mrs. Wortham S. Ashcroft
service# O-007077
Awards: DFC, World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Capt. Ashcroft appears tablets of the missing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial This memorial is a cenotaph.

Details of career here.
First Lieutenant Wortham S. Ashcroft served as a pilot and temporary commander of VMSB-141 during the Guadalcanal campaign.
He failed to return from a routine search over Santa Isabel Island on 8 November 1942.

Gravesite Details

son of William Starr & Annie Pearson


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