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DENNIS CARLTON ACKERMAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 4, 1946 – October 27, 1968
Service recordDennis Carlton Ackerman, of Gretna, Louisiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 41
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Gretna, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 41
- THOMAS ARTHUR BIDDULPHFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1968
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT EARL CANNONSergeant · October 27, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 41
- NOBLE THOMAS HEADSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 44
- EDWARD PATRICK MULLINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 45
From Gretna
- HAROLD CONWAY DOSS JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD ALLAN BROWNEPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- ONEIL J PELLEGRIN JRCorporal · January 31, 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.