Ashlock, Vincent Wayne

Vincent Wayne Ashlock was a 45-year-old Staff Sergeant from Santa Cruz, California. He served with the U.S. Army National Guard's 287th Engineer Company, 890th Engineer Battalion, 168th Engineer Brigade, based in Lucedale, Mississippi.

According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, Ashlock died on December 4, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost Province, Afghanistan. He was killed by small arms fire from an Afghan National Army soldier, an incident the military described as a 'green-on-blue' attack.

Ashlock's death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. At the time of his death, a significant troop surge was underway, and U.S. forces were heavily engaged in training and partnering with Afghan security units.

The Pentagon confirmed the incident the following day. His death was one of several similar attacks on coalition personnel by members of the Afghan forces they were advising, a trend that became a noted tactical challenge during the war.

Staff Sergeant Ashlock is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at the California Capitol and on online veterans' memorials. His unit, the 287th Engineer Company, was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 for a construction and route clearance mission.

Staff Sergeant Ashlock was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001?2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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