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Ashton, Curtis Morris (Butch), AE1.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Sweetwater
Last Address Sweetwater
Casualty Date Dec 27, 1969
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Bien Hoa (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Garden of Memories Cemetery - Sweetwater, Texas
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" to Aviation Electrician Second Class Curtis Morris Ashton, United States Navy, for meritorious achievement in connection with operations against the enemy while serving with SEAL Team TWO, Detachment ALFA in the Republic of Vietnam, on the night of 13 March 1968. As machine gunner with a SEAL combat patrol, Petty Officer Ashton's patrol penetrated 4,000 yards into an enemy base camp occupied by a Viet Cong battalion. The patrol discovered a large barracks complex containing approximately 30 well armed insurgents. Petty Officer Ashton volunteered to act as rear security during his patrol's withdrawal through 1,000 yards occupied by a large Viet Cong force. Petty Officer Ashton held off a Viet Cong attempt to cut off and encircle his patrol, continually exposing himself to a hail of automatic weapons fire to insure his patrol's safe extraction. Petty Officer Ashton's courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. (Petty Officer Ashton is authorized the Combat "V".)
