Joel Milton Acker Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-54242.jpeg UPL 54242 2nd Lt Joel Milton Acker Jr, 384BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 54242 - 2nd Lt Joel Milton Acker Jr, 384BG.

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 12-Aug-43 in B-17 42-30046 'Merrie Hell', Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 289



Awards: AM, PH.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15117291
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35327752
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-670174
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665351
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Belton, SC 29627, USA 9 March 1915 Son of Joel Milton Sr and Helen Cheshire Acker.

Enlisted

Charlotte, NC, USA 25 February 1942 Residence: Mecklemburg County, North Carolina As a Private in Air Corps

Based

Assigned

Grafton Underwood 28 June 1943 - 12 August 1943 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squasdron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 28 June 1943, Ernest J. Sierens Crew. 7 combat missions.

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12 August 1943

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot N Row 18 Grave 14

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Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56296198.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56296198/joel-milton-acker
Updated S/N per info in the event Description section.

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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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384th BG's list of personnel who were Killed in Action: http://www.384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/KIAList.php

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384thbombgroup.com

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 289 / MACR 289, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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