Akerman, Lincoln Herbert

Rank and Name, Private Lincoln Herbert Akerman.

Unit/Placed in, 182^nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division.

Lincoln is born approx. on March 25, 1916 in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire.

Father, Charles I. Akerman.

Mother, Mary M. (McConnell) Akerman.

Sister(s), Priscilla A. Charlotte B. and Josephine R. Akerman.

Brother(s), Oliver H. and Charles I. Akerman.

Spouse, Patricia (Butler) Akerman.

Son, Brian Akerman.

Lincoln enlisted the service in New Hampshire with service number # 31013749.

Lincoln was KIA when he volunteered to defuse bombs by entering the Battlefield, but a mistake occurred and he died by one of the bombs he was trying to defuse on Nov. 20, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Lincoln is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Dodge Cemetery, Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA.

Thanks to, https://americal.org/cmsaml/

http://www.182ndinfantry.org/

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker