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REX WILLIAM ACKERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1949 – April 19, 1969
Service recordRex William Ackerman, of Kendallville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Kendallville, Indiana (Noble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 5
- GLEN DALE TOMEKFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1969
- WILLIAM B WATSONPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
- FRANK CURTIS WILLIAMSLance Corporal · April 18, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN AGRI JRLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
From Kendallville
- JAMES M TREESHCaptain · May 3, 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.