World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Joseph R. Ackerson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
SERVED WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 389TH BOMB GROUP, 565TH BOMB SQUADRON AT HETHEL, ENGLAND. BALL TURRET GUNNER ON THE B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER, 'NUFF SAID', WHICH WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED NEAR TELTOW, GERMANY WHILE ON A MISSION TO BERLIN, GERMANY ON JUNE 21, 1944. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND PURPLE HEART.