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DAVID FOLEY ACKERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1945 – July 6, 1969
Service recordDavid Foley Ackerman, of Summit, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Summit, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 68
- DENNIS BAGLEYCorporal · July 6, 1969
- ALBERT DUWARD BENSONSecond Lieutenant · July 6, 1969
- KURTIS AUREL BERRYSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- ROBERT ALLON BROWNLance Corporal · July 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD DANIEL WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 72
From Summit
- MANUEL LOUIS FONTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS BIRDSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DENNIS WARREN BAXTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- JAMES SCUITIERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT PETRACCOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCISCO JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- LEON DAVID MOORESpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1969
- TERRENCE PATRICK RYANLieutenant · January 11, 1970
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.