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DANIEL LEVERNE ACKERMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – April 10, 1968
Service recordDaniel Leverne Ackerman, of Carson City, Nevada, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 7
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Carson City, Nevada (Carson City (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 7
- GREGORY J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- ROBERT HELM WOODCorporal · April 9, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR ZAGERSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1968
From Carson City
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BODAMERPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1967
- DAVID LEROY COLLINSCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANNY LEE SMOTHERSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- FREDERICK HERB WHITTEMORECommander · April 11, 1968
- KEITH DEGERO TAYLORLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- JAMES RONALD WILLISCorporal · August 1, 1968
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.