February 7, 1968 Eugene Ashley, Jr., Medal of Honor recipient, died. Ashley was born October 12, 1931 in Wilmington, North Carolina but raised in New York City. Ashley joined the United States Army in 1950 and served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. On February 6, 1968, while serving as a sergeant first class in […]
Tag Archives | Vietnam War
February 7th in African American History – Eugene Ashley, Jr.
By Chimsima Zuhri on February 7, 2011 in African American History, February
Tags: Army, Korean War, Medal of Honor, Vietnam War
Search
Subscribe to TiAAH
African American History Categories
Previous Days in African American History
Other African American History Posts
- July 17th in African American History – Harold Robert Perry
- May 4th in African American History – Ron Carter
- October 17th in African American History – Graca Simbine Machel
- November 25th in African American History – Clerow Flip Wilson Jr
- Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. – June 23rd in African American History
M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
« Feb | ||||||
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
30 | 31 |
cloud
Academy Award
Air Force
All-Star
Army
athlete
baseball
Baseball Hall of Fame
basketball
Broadway
civil rights activist
Civil Rights Movement
College Football Hall of Fame
composer
Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
educator
Emmy Award
football
Grammy Award
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
International Boxing Hall of Fame
jazz
Medal of Honor
NAACP
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
National Endowment for the Arts
National Medal of Arts
Navy
NEA Jazz Master
NFL
Olympics
painter
pianist
poet
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pulitzer Prize
R&B
record producer
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
singer
songwriter
Spingarn Medal
Tony Award
World War II
writer