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THOMAS ALAN ACKERMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – September 4, 1968
Service recordThomas Alan Ackerman, of North Haledon, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- North Haledon, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 35
- MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- FERDINAND ORA BARGER JRLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1968
- ROGER DALE BELLCorporal · September 4, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD BINGMANStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE BELLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 35
- JAMES EDWARD BOWDENSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 36
- ROBERT JAN COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 36
- GERONIMO LOPEZ GRIJALVAPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 37
- DAROL EDWARD LAWRENZCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 37
- ROBERT DALE LITTERIOSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 37
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 38
- BRUCE JOHN GREENWOODCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 39
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.