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VENCEN ACKERSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1930 – March 4, 1969
Service recordVencen Ackerson, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · 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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Okmulgee, Oklahoma (Okmulgee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 35
- ALFRED MAC WILSONPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- WILLARD ALVON WIMMERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JEFFREY CLAYTON BARTHOLLance Corporal · March 4, 1969
- HENRY BETHEAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
From Okmulgee
- HERMAN HIRAM RITCHIECaptain · January 13, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP MCELHANNONLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
- BILLY CHARLES JONESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- RICHARD TARKINGTON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- RUSSELL FORREST KECKCorporal · May 18, 1967
- RUDY YORK CHALAKEEPrivate · March 10, 1968
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · July 9, 1969
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MCNEILLAirman First Class · December 5, 1972
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.