Percy Moreau Ashburn | |
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Born | Batavia, Clermont County, Ohio | July 28, 1872
Died | August 20, 1940 Washington, D.C. | (aged 68)
Place of Burial | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1898–1932 |
Rank | Colonel |
Service number | O-271[1] |
Commands | Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C. Medical Officers Training Camp, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana |
Spouse(s) | Agnes Davis |
Percy Moreau Ashburn (July 28, 1872 – August 20, 1940) was a colonel and medical officer in the United States Army. With then Lieutenant Charles Franklin Craig, Ashburn made the link that mosquitoes were involved in the transmission of Dengue fever.[2] As a major, he served as the sixth commanding officer of the Walter Reed General Hospital, and as a colonel, he served as the first commandant of the Medical Field Service School at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.