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EDWIN ARTHUR ACKERMAN JR
Captain · U.S. Army
August 15, 1938 – February 19, 1969
Service recordEdwin Arthur Ackerman JR, of Oronoco, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 57
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Oronoco, Minnesota (Olmsted County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 57
- THOMAS MICHAEL SKALLYCorporal · February 18, 1969
- WARNELL EUGENE ATENPetty Officer Third Class · February 19, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN BODELLWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD LEE EARLYSergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 58
- ROBERT G WIMPSergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 63
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.