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Pvt Alvin Clyde Ash

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Pvt Alvin Clyde Ash

Birth
Merrilltown, Travis County, Texas, USA
Death
24 Nov 1946 (aged 75)
Sawtelle, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.057725, Longitude: -118.4477778
Plot
Section 201 Row B Site 11
Memorial ID
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Father: James Alexander Hoyt ASH
Mother: Viola Tennessee KEMP
Marriage: 5 May 1899 Merreltown, , Texas

1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry -"Rough Riders" - Troop G, photo taken in NM.

Described as the first American soldier to have suffered a gunshot wound in the Cuban fighting.

Father in Law of Jolly Garner, who was a brother of the Vice President. Ash and another man had gone to Garner's home to cheer himself up, when Garner went into another room and shot himself in the head. Garner was married to Myrtle Ash Garner and had two children.

Married to Mary Leonard (or Reynolds) in 1899
Also Louise Ritch
Brother of Lee Ash

was in Wagon Mound in 1913
in El Paso in 1942
Father: James Alexander Hoyt ASH
Mother: Viola Tennessee KEMP
Marriage: 5 May 1899 Merreltown, , Texas

1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry -"Rough Riders" - Troop G, photo taken in NM.

Described as the first American soldier to have suffered a gunshot wound in the Cuban fighting.

Father in Law of Jolly Garner, who was a brother of the Vice President. Ash and another man had gone to Garner's home to cheer himself up, when Garner went into another room and shot himself in the head. Garner was married to Myrtle Ash Garner and had two children.

Married to Mary Leonard (or Reynolds) in 1899
Also Louise Ritch
Brother of Lee Ash

was in Wagon Mound in 1913
in El Paso in 1942


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  • Created by: Athanatos
  • Added: Nov 10, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16598448/alvin_clyde-ash: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Alvin Clyde Ash (14 May 1871–24 Nov 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16598448, citing Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Athanatos (contributor 46907585).