Acker, Vincent Wise, Jr., PFC

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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
Enlisted Collar Insignia
Private 1st Class

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Home State
Pennsylvania
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

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Military Order of the Purple HeartWorld War II FallenWWII Memorial National RegistryThe National Gold Star Family Registry
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  1945, Military Order of the Purple Heart
  1945, World War II Fallen
  2014, WWII Memorial National Registry
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  1943-1943, 766, 1st Provisional Casual Co, HQ Bn, 1st Marine Division



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1st Provisional Casual Co, HQ Bn, 1st Marine Division
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Support
 
Parent Unit
HQ Bn, 1st Marine Division
Strength
Battalion
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36 Members Also There at Same Time
1st Provisional Casual Co

Johnson, Robert Julius, PFC, (1942-1944) OF 521 Private 1st Class
Messina, James Joseph, PFC, (1941-1944) OF 521 Private 1st Class
Untermeyer, Elroy Charles, Cpl, (1943-1946) OF Private 1st Class
Jones, William Reece, PFC, (1942-1944) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Casualty Replacement Co

Arcaro, Rocco, PFC, (1941-1945) Private
HQ Bn, 1st Marine Division

Porter, Carlton Harvey, Maj, (1942-1962) OF First Lieutenant
Litka, Albert Leroy, CWO2, (1934-1951) OF Warrant Officer
Ignas, Charles G, Sgt, (1938-1945) OF Sergeant
Benton, Willie, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Brown, Nelson Ashley, PFC, (1942-1946) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Cattlechaser, Dennis, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Kellwood, Joe Hosteen, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
King, Jimmy Kelly, Sr, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Manuelito, Ira, Sgt, (1943-1949) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Morgan, Herbert Kee, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Stehling, James E, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Twining, Merrill Barber, Gen, (1923-1959) 3 0302 Lieutenant Colonel
Petras, Theodore Argyres, Col, (1929-1959) 75 7503 Captain
Edwards, Grammer, LtCol, (1926-1955) 35 3510 Second Lieutenant
Hallman, Donald Alexander, MTSgt, (1942-1945) 43 4341 Sergeant
Hawkins, Elmer, Sgt, (1942-1945) 25 2531 Sergeant
Anderson, Edward B, PFC, (1942-1945) 25 2531 Private 1st Class
Begay, Jimmie, Cpl, (1942-1945) 2 0201 Private 1st Class
Tsosie, Harry, PFC, (1942-1944) 25 2531 Private 1st Class
Yowell, Herbert Hunter, PFC, (1942-1945) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Coffman, Raymond, MGen, (1922-1955) Lieutenant Colonel
Haas, Robert, Sgt, (1943-1946) Sergeant
Lee, John W Sr, Sgt, (1942-1947) Sergeant
Marek, Ernest F Private 1st Class
Oliver, Glenn Elwyn, SSgt, (1940-1945) Sergeant
Carnes, Robert Private 1st Class
Jetter, Donald Vail, PFC, (1942-1945) Private
HQ Co

Vandegrift, Alexander, Gen, (1909-1947) 99 9903 Major General
Lawrence Jr., James, BGen, (1938-1972) Captain
Shibley, Oron, MSgt, (1940-1963) Platoon Sergeant
Hargrove, Webb Allen, PFC, (1942-1946) Private 1st Class

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