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BILL R ACKERMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – March 29, 1970
Service recordBill R Ackerman, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 54
- JAMES THOMAS WATSONSergeant · March 28, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 28, 1970
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · March 29, 1970
- BARTOLO AMADOR BARELA JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JONAS PYNNONENCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.