Acker, Vincent Wise, Jr., PFC

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Private 1st Class

Last Primary MOS
766-Radio Operator (High Speed)

Last MOSGroup
WWII SSN/MOS

Primary Unit
1943-1945, 2531, C Btry, Jackson, MS, 1st Bn, 14th Marines (1/14)

Service Years
1942 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1924

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Casualty Info

Home Town Reading, PA	Last Address 434 Buttonwood St Reading, PA

Casualty Date Feb 19, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Japan	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Union Cemetery - Boyertown, Pennsylvania	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 20 Lot 23
Military Service Number 505 034

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1945, Military Order of the Purple Heart
	1945, World War II Fallen
	2014, WWII Memorial National Registry
	2014, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2023, Stories Behind The Stars, Pennsylvania (Fallen Member (Honor Roll)) (Pennsylvania)

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Rest in Peace Marine

WW II Memorial

Iwo Jima Memorial

Thank You

1943-1945, 2531, C Btry, Jackson, MS, 1st Bn, 14th Marines (1/14)

From Month/Year July / 1943	To Month/Year February / 1945
Unit C Btry, Jackson, MS Unit Page
Rank Private 1st Class	MOS 2531-Field Radio Operator
Base, Station or City Iwo Jima	State/Country Japan

Patch	C Btry, Jackson, MS, 1st Bn, 14th Marines (1/14) Details

	Type Infantry
	Parent Unit 1st Bn, 14th Marines (1/14)	Strength Battery
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jul 17, 2017

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11 Members Also There at Same Time

1st Bn, 14th Marines (1/14)

Karch, Frederick J, BGen, (1940-1967)	8	0802	Major
Brannock, Avant McDowell, MG, (1927-1958)	OF	4530	Chief Warrant Officer 2
Riggs, John Harold, MSgt E-7, (1934-1946)	OF	060	Sergeant
Dagenais, Carlton Edmond, PFC, (1942-1945)	OF	745	Private 1st Class
DesRosiers, Edwin P, PFC, (1942-1945)	OF	641	Private 1st Class
DesRosiers, Edwin P, PFC, (1942-1945)	OF	641	Private 1st Class
Kable, Harry Elborn, PFC, (1943-1944)	63	6372	Private 1st Class
O'Donnell, Joseph F, Cpl, (1942-1946)	OF	776	Private 1st Class
Martis, Albert William, Capt, (1942-1946)			Second Lieutenant
Thies, Gilbert, PFC, (1942-1944)			Private 1st Class
Acre, Leland Howard, FM1, (1943-1945)			Field Music 1st Class

HQ Btry, Alameda, CA

Sizemore, Curtis L, PFC, (1942-1944)

776

Private 1st Class