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Personal info

Full name
ACKERMAN, Harry Frank
Date of birth
19 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36690549
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 9 15

Immediate family

Members
Harry Ackerman (father)
Emily Mosely) Ackerman (mother)
Robert Ackerman (brother)
Dorothy Ackerman (sister)
Marie (Sulwaski) Ackerman (wife)
Jo-Ann Ackerman (daughter)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, National WWII Memorial, National Archives, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.ww2-airborne.us, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten