Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New London, Connecticut
Honored By
The Ackerman Family
SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION ABOARD USS MAHAN DD-364, USS SPRINGFIELD CL-66 AND COMMANDER SERVICE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC SERVICE MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.