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JOHN ROBERT ACKERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1946 – November 16, 1965
Service recordJohn Robert Ackerman, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 5 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 64
- ALBERT WITCHERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- BENEDICTO PIOSALAN BAYRONWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- RICHARD BURTON BRADLEYStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1965
From Gary
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- JAMES E NUNLEYSpecialist Four · December 27, 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.