USMCR World War II
PFC Henry R. Ackerman KIA Tarawa, Nov. 27, 1943
Unit Company E, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Bicknell Indiana
service# 422830
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Brown County Democrat
Brown County, Indiana
Thursday ~ February 10, 1949
Pfc. Henry Ackerman
Military rites for Pfc Henry R. Ackerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Ackerman, of Route 3, Morgantown (Brown County), were held Saturday at the graveside in Fairview Cemetery, Vincennes, by the Vincennes VFW Post.
Pfc Ackerman was killed in action at Tarawa, Nov. 27, 1943. He was awarded a Gold Star Medal and the Presidential Citation posthumously. He died at 22.
He was wounded early in 1943 in action on Guadalcanal and was the holder of the Purple Heart.
Before entering the Marines, he lived one year in the home of a sister, Mrs. Goldie Huff, 740 S. Mount Street, Indianapolis. During that year he was employed by the W. J. Holliday Steel Co.
Born in Knox County, he attended Bicknell High School. He was selected as the "honor student of the year" in his graduating class.
Survivors, in addition to the parents, include four sisters, Mrs. Marjory Sullivan, Mrs. Ruth Crawford, and Mrs. Clara Catt, all of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Dorothy Parker, Tucson, Ariz., and two brothers, Paul Ackerman, at home, a student at Helmsburg High School and Raymond Ackerman, Indianapolis.
∼Son of Ray (Butch) & Anna Parsley Ackerman
Killed in action in Tarqwa. Earned Purple Heart
Marker and Recorded Birth and Death Dates make him 19 years old when he was killed, although the obituary states he was 22
PFC Henry R. Ackerman KIA Tarawa, Nov. 27, 1943
Unit Company E, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Bicknell Indiana
service# 422830
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Brown County Democrat
Brown County, Indiana
Thursday ~ February 10, 1949
Pfc. Henry Ackerman
Military rites for Pfc Henry R. Ackerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Ackerman, of Route 3, Morgantown (Brown County), were held Saturday at the graveside in Fairview Cemetery, Vincennes, by the Vincennes VFW Post.
Pfc Ackerman was killed in action at Tarawa, Nov. 27, 1943. He was awarded a Gold Star Medal and the Presidential Citation posthumously. He died at 22.
He was wounded early in 1943 in action on Guadalcanal and was the holder of the Purple Heart.
Before entering the Marines, he lived one year in the home of a sister, Mrs. Goldie Huff, 740 S. Mount Street, Indianapolis. During that year he was employed by the W. J. Holliday Steel Co.
Born in Knox County, he attended Bicknell High School. He was selected as the "honor student of the year" in his graduating class.
Survivors, in addition to the parents, include four sisters, Mrs. Marjory Sullivan, Mrs. Ruth Crawford, and Mrs. Clara Catt, all of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Dorothy Parker, Tucson, Ariz., and two brothers, Paul Ackerman, at home, a student at Helmsburg High School and Raymond Ackerman, Indianapolis.
∼Son of Ray (Butch) & Anna Parsley Ackerman
Killed in action in Tarqwa. Earned Purple Heart
Marker and Recorded Birth and Death Dates make him 19 years old when he was killed, although the obituary states he was 22
USMCR World War II
PFC Henry R. Ackerman KIA Tarawa, Nov. 27, 1943
Unit Company E, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Bicknell Indiana
service# 422830
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Brown County Democrat
Brown County, Indiana
Thursday ~ February 10, 1949
Pfc. Henry Ackerman
Military rites for Pfc Henry R. Ackerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Ackerman, of Route 3, Morgantown (Brown County), were held Saturday at the graveside in Fairview Cemetery, Vincennes, by the Vincennes VFW Post.
Pfc Ackerman was killed in action at Tarawa, Nov. 27, 1943. He was awarded a Gold Star Medal and the Presidential Citation posthumously. He died at 22.
He was wounded early in 1943 in action on Guadalcanal and was the holder of the Purple Heart.
Before entering the Marines, he lived one year in the home of a sister, Mrs. Goldie Huff, 740 S. Mount Street, Indianapolis. During that year he was employed by the W. J. Holliday Steel Co.
Born in Knox County, he attended Bicknell High School. He was selected as the "honor student of the year" in his graduating class.
Survivors, in addition to the parents, include four sisters, Mrs. Marjory Sullivan, Mrs. Ruth Crawford, and Mrs. Clara Catt, all of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Dorothy Parker, Tucson, Ariz., and two brothers, Paul Ackerman, at home, a student at Helmsburg High School and Raymond Ackerman, Indianapolis.
∼Son of Ray (Butch) & Anna Parsley Ackerman
Killed in action in Tarqwa. Earned Purple Heart
Marker and Recorded Birth and Death Dates make him 19 years old when he was killed, although the obituary states he was 22
PFC Henry R. Ackerman KIA Tarawa, Nov. 27, 1943
Unit Company E, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Bicknell Indiana
service# 422830
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Brown County Democrat
Brown County, Indiana
Thursday ~ February 10, 1949
Pfc. Henry Ackerman
Military rites for Pfc Henry R. Ackerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Ackerman, of Route 3, Morgantown (Brown County), were held Saturday at the graveside in Fairview Cemetery, Vincennes, by the Vincennes VFW Post.
Pfc Ackerman was killed in action at Tarawa, Nov. 27, 1943. He was awarded a Gold Star Medal and the Presidential Citation posthumously. He died at 22.
He was wounded early in 1943 in action on Guadalcanal and was the holder of the Purple Heart.
Before entering the Marines, he lived one year in the home of a sister, Mrs. Goldie Huff, 740 S. Mount Street, Indianapolis. During that year he was employed by the W. J. Holliday Steel Co.
Born in Knox County, he attended Bicknell High School. He was selected as the "honor student of the year" in his graduating class.
Survivors, in addition to the parents, include four sisters, Mrs. Marjory Sullivan, Mrs. Ruth Crawford, and Mrs. Clara Catt, all of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Dorothy Parker, Tucson, Ariz., and two brothers, Paul Ackerman, at home, a student at Helmsburg High School and Raymond Ackerman, Indianapolis.
∼Son of Ray (Butch) & Anna Parsley Ackerman
Killed in action in Tarqwa. Earned Purple Heart
Marker and Recorded Birth and Death Dates make him 19 years old when he was killed, although the obituary states he was 22
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