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.
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.
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