Major Waldo F. Ashley (Ret.) died at Veterans Hospital in Newington at age 48, a decorated Army veteran of two world wars. He enlisted in the 102nd Reg., Connecticut National Guard in 1917 and went overseas with the regiment in September of that year. He was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and palm leaf in 1918 for gallantry in the Battle of Seicheprey. He was a 17-year-old corporal at the time, the youngest non-commissioned officer in the regiment. (*See note below)
Maj. Ashley re-entered the National Guard when it was reorganized in 1921, rising from regimental sergeant major through commissioned ranks until he received his majority. He was regimental adjutant in 1941 when the regiment went to Camp Blanding, Fla. for training. He served with the regiment in the South Pacific and was invalided home in 1944, serving at Camp Hood, Texas, until the end of the war.
Maj. Ashley was a son of Wilbur Fiske and J. Maude Maynard Ashley and had one sister, Olive Ashley Hayward, and two brothers, Wilbur Desmond Ashley and Arthur Leon Ashley. He was survived by his widow, Doris Carter Ashley, and a daughter, Carmen Ashley Williams.
*Note: Waldo is listed in the 1925 Official National Guard Register, accurately giving his Rank as 1st Lt. with the 102 Infantry; however, his date of birth, is recorded as 9 Nov 1898, making him two years older than his actual age when he enlisted.
A military funeral was held in the Old Lyme Congregational Church; his mother, J. Maude Ashley, played the organ for his service, collapsing at the end of the service.
Maj. Ashley re-entered the National Guard when it was reorganized in 1921, rising from regimental sergeant major through commissioned ranks until he received his majority. He was regimental adjutant in 1941 when the regiment went to Camp Blanding, Fla. for training. He served with the regiment in the South Pacific and was invalided home in 1944, serving at Camp Hood, Texas, until the end of the war.
Maj. Ashley was a son of Wilbur Fiske and J. Maude Maynard Ashley and had one sister, Olive Ashley Hayward, and two brothers, Wilbur Desmond Ashley and Arthur Leon Ashley. He was survived by his widow, Doris Carter Ashley, and a daughter, Carmen Ashley Williams.
*Note: Waldo is listed in the 1925 Official National Guard Register, accurately giving his Rank as 1st Lt. with the 102 Infantry; however, his date of birth, is recorded as 9 Nov 1898, making him two years older than his actual age when he enlisted.
A military funeral was held in the Old Lyme Congregational Church; his mother, J. Maude Ashley, played the organ for his service, collapsing at the end of the service.
Major Waldo F. Ashley (Ret.) died at Veterans Hospital in Newington at age 48, a decorated Army veteran of two world wars. He enlisted in the 102nd Reg., Connecticut National Guard in 1917 and went overseas with the regiment in September of that year. He was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and palm leaf in 1918 for gallantry in the Battle of Seicheprey. He was a 17-year-old corporal at the time, the youngest non-commissioned officer in the regiment. (*See note below)
Maj. Ashley re-entered the National Guard when it was reorganized in 1921, rising from regimental sergeant major through commissioned ranks until he received his majority. He was regimental adjutant in 1941 when the regiment went to Camp Blanding, Fla. for training. He served with the regiment in the South Pacific and was invalided home in 1944, serving at Camp Hood, Texas, until the end of the war.
Maj. Ashley was a son of Wilbur Fiske and J. Maude Maynard Ashley and had one sister, Olive Ashley Hayward, and two brothers, Wilbur Desmond Ashley and Arthur Leon Ashley. He was survived by his widow, Doris Carter Ashley, and a daughter, Carmen Ashley Williams.
*Note: Waldo is listed in the 1925 Official National Guard Register, accurately giving his Rank as 1st Lt. with the 102 Infantry; however, his date of birth, is recorded as 9 Nov 1898, making him two years older than his actual age when he enlisted.
A military funeral was held in the Old Lyme Congregational Church; his mother, J. Maude Ashley, played the organ for his service, collapsing at the end of the service.
Maj. Ashley re-entered the National Guard when it was reorganized in 1921, rising from regimental sergeant major through commissioned ranks until he received his majority. He was regimental adjutant in 1941 when the regiment went to Camp Blanding, Fla. for training. He served with the regiment in the South Pacific and was invalided home in 1944, serving at Camp Hood, Texas, until the end of the war.
Maj. Ashley was a son of Wilbur Fiske and J. Maude Maynard Ashley and had one sister, Olive Ashley Hayward, and two brothers, Wilbur Desmond Ashley and Arthur Leon Ashley. He was survived by his widow, Doris Carter Ashley, and a daughter, Carmen Ashley Williams.
*Note: Waldo is listed in the 1925 Official National Guard Register, accurately giving his Rank as 1st Lt. with the 102 Infantry; however, his date of birth, is recorded as 9 Nov 1898, making him two years older than his actual age when he enlisted.
A military funeral was held in the Old Lyme Congregational Church; his mother, J. Maude Ashley, played the organ for his service, collapsing at the end of the service.
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