Lee De Vernon Ackerman (1893 - 1918)

Born 13 Mar 1893 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Grace Leola (Myford) Ackerman — married 28 Jul 1917 in Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia

Died 29 Sep 1918 at age 25 in France

Biography

Private Lee Ackerman served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 1917
Unit(s): Company D, 319th Infantry
Service ended: Sept 29, 1918

Private Lee Ackerman was Wounded in Action during World War I.

Lee is the eldest son of Thomas Franklin Ackerman (1868-1930) and Bessie May Kearney (1872-?). He has 4 brothers Aldace, James, Frederick and Thomas, and and sister Eleanor the baby who was just 3 when he went off to the war.

He was born in Whitaker and raised in Homestead, Allegheny County. Pennsylvania. He was working for the Westinghouse Manufacturing Company in East Pittsburgh Wikipedia when he registered for the draft on June 5, 1917^[1]. He was also single at that time.

He married Grace Leola Myford (1899 – 1961) on July 28, 1917 in Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia^[2]. His only child Glenn Vernon Ackerman was born December 28, 1917, Grace never remarried.

Private Ackerman was wounded in action. He died in France September 29, 1918^[3] He is buried in Homestead Cemetery, Homestead, Allegheny, Pennsylvania^[4]

Census

1900 listed as Vernon Homestead borough Ward 3, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States ^[5]

1910 Homestead Ward 3, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6JG-445 : accessed 20 March 2015), Lee De Vernon Ackerman, 1917-1918; citing Allegheny County no 7, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,852,293.
2. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F1SF-8XG : accessed 20 March 2015), Lee De Vernon Ackerman and Grace Leola Myford, 28 Jul 1917; citing Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia, VOL. 12-14 p360, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 869,974.
3. ↑ Soldiers of the Great War, Volume III page 160, Haulsee, W. M.; Howe, F. G.; Doyle, A. C.,Washington, D.C.; Soldiers Record Publishing Association, 1920
4. ↑ Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941. Microfilm publication M1916, 134 rolls. ARC ID: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92. National Archives at Washington, D.C.Applications for Headstones, compiled 01/01/1925 - 06/30/1970, documenting the period ca. 1776 - 1970 ARC: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3M7-GR1 : accessed 20 March 2015), Vernon Ackerman in household of Thomas Ackerman, Homestead borough Ward 3, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 10A, family 180, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,368.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGSB-XWD : accessed 20 March 2015), Lee D Vernon Ackerman in household of Thomas Ackerman, Homestead Ward 3, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 19A, family 363, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,307.

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