Rank: Private First Class
Unit: 1st Platoon, C Trp, 2d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 2d Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, American Campaign Medal, Europe / African / Middle East Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal
Enlisted: 24 November 1943 in New York City, New York
Date of birth: 20 August 1925
Hometown: Westchester, New York
High School: 4 years of high school
Married: Single, with dependents
Campaign: WWII
Died: 4 May 1945
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Paseka, Czechoslovakia
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Place of interment: Long Island National Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York
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Notes:Fred Ashley and Pfc. George H. Buttron, both of C Troop, 2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, were the last two troopers of the 2nd Cavalry Group to be lost in action during WW II, May 4, 1945, in Paseka, Czechoslovakia.
He stood 6’7″ and weighed 185 with brown eyes, brown hair, and light complexion. He had a scar on his left thumb.
His signature from his draft card.