Monuments
70th Tank Battalion Monument -Chelles
Liberation of Chelles Information Board -4th Infantry Division
Name:
Elmer S. Ackerman
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
42025608
Unit:
70th Tank Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-08-27
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Elmer S. Ackerman was born on February 14, 1925, in Woodhull, Steuben County, New York. He was the son of Edgar H. Ackerman and Ella Mae Hartwell Ackerman.
Elmer served in the 70th Tank Battalion as a Private during World War II. He was declared as Missing in Action on August 27, 1944, during the liberation of Chelles, France. Pvt Ackerman's name was memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing in Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.