Private Ackerman was a member of the 29th Infantry Regiment. He was taken prisoner at Hadong, South Korea on July 27th. With several hundred other Prisoners of War, he was marched north to Sunchon where he was murdered on October 20th, 1950. His remains were returned in Operation Glory, September 1954. Just recently, his grand-daughter found his burial site just north of Flint, Michigan.
We honor you, Jack Ackerman.
