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8178. Staff Sgt Gordon Ernest ACKLEY was born on 20 January 1920 in Watertown, Codington, South Dakota.799,2264,2428,2754 He appeared in the census in 1930 in Minnesota. On 10 December 1941he Enlisted in Fort Snelling , Minneapolis, Hennepin , Minnesota2306 Gordon E Ackley
Name: Gordon E Ackley
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: South Dakota
State: Minnesota
County or City: Ramsey
Enlistment Date: 10 Dec 1941
Enlistment State: Minnesota
Enlistment City: Fort Snelling
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Bandsman, Oboe or Parts Clerk, Automobile
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Gordon appeared in the following News Article from the The Charleston Dailey Mail on 5 March 1944 in Charleston, Kanawha , West Virginia 2 Airmen Receive Medals at Ashford WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS- Two airmen received medals for heroism today in a ceremony at Ashford General hospital, where both are patients.
Col Clyde M Beck, commanding officer, presented the distinguished flying cross and the air medal to Staff Sgt Gordon E Ackley, of (321 Marshall St.) Nankalo, Minn.
Ackley received the distinguished flying cross for heroism on operations against the Ploesti oil refineries in Romania Aug 1, 1943, and the air medal for five missions on a bomber over Ploesti, Austria, Holland, France and Italy. He was dicharged from the military on 5 August 1944 2264 He died from injuries suffered in an auto accident on 28 October 1960 at the age of 40 in Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, United States.1751,2264 Gordon was buried on 31 October 1960 in Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.799,2264 He had Social Security Number 471-12-0915 MN.1751 He served in the military 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron WW II in US Army Air Corps.1631,2306 Air Medal
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Purple Heart Living (private). Staff Sgt Gordon Ernest ACKLEY-9912 and Living had the following children: +9815 | i. | Betsy Jean ACKLEY was born on 12 November 1946 in Brainerd, Crow Wing , Minnesota.3851,3956,4788,4789 She was living in July 2003 in Lake Tapawingo, Jackson, Missouri.4768 She died on 1 December 2008 at the age of 62 in Lake Tapawingo, Jackson, Missouri.4789 Her Obituary appeared in the The Examiner on 3 December 2008 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States Lake Tapawingo, Mo. —
Betsy Jean Waldren, 62, Lake Tapawingo, MO passed away December 1, 2008 at her home surrounded by her loving family.
Betsy was born November 12, 1946 in Brainerd, MN to Gordon and Betty (Spencer) Ackley. She was a realtor for Prudential Gaslight. She was a member of St. John Lalande Catholic Church in Blue Springs. Betsy belonged to the Clipped Wings TWA and Alpha Sigma Alpha of Springfield SMS.
She was preceded in death by her father Gordon Ackley.
Survivors include her husband of the home Jim Waldren; children, Wade Waldren of Blue Springs, MO, Holly Waldren of Austin, TX; siblings, Gordon Ackley of Jefferson City, MO, Bernard Ackley of Minneapolis, MN, Bunny Drummond of Blue Springs, MO; step-siblings, Joe Rush of Lake Tapawingo, MO, Scott Folley of Springfield, MO, Jeanne Turner of Lake Tapawingo, MO, Nancy Fry of Blue Springs, MO; grandson, Bennett Schulz; mother, Betty Rush of Lake Tapawingo, MO.
Visitation will be held Thursday December 4, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Meyers Funeral Chapel, Blue Springs, 816-229-3276. Funeral Mass will be held Friday December 5, at 10 am at St. John La Lande Catholic Church in Blue Springs. Betsy has Birth Cert # 3956 1946-MN-068126
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