Name:
Eugene F. Asay
Rank:
Private First Class
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Unit:
503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1945-02-26
State:
Wyoming
Cemetery:
Lovell Cemetery, Lovell, Wyoming
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Eugene F. Asay was born on September 11, 1923 in Lovell, Big Horn County, Wyoming. He was the son of Daniel Ferguson Asay and Ida Victoria Hatch Asay. Eugene served in the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment as a Private First Class during World War II. He died on February 26, 1945 at the age of 21 during the battle for the recapture of Corregidor, Philippines against the defending Japanese garrison on the island and is now buried in the Lovell Cemetery, Lovell, Big Horn County, Wyoming, USA.