Ackison, Harris Roscoe

1905 - 1988  (82 years)

• Name	Ackison, Harris Roscoe
  Birth	29 Jun 1905  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	ACKI.H001
  _FGRAVE	30751060
  Military Service	World War II, Private, 716th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battery, United States Army  [2, 3, 4]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on 11 June 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Completed basic training and qualified as an Orderly, Military Occupational Specialty 590. Departed the Continental U.S. on 15 March 1944 bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Served with the 716th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battery. Earned The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal And The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Private on 17 February 1945 at the Separation Center, Fort Sheridan, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2002326
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Ackison, Harris Roscoe 1905-1988) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Fort Custer Training Center, Michigan
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		Fort Sheridan, Illinois
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Ackison, Harris Roscoe (1905-1988)
  Death	2 Jun 1988  [1]
  Burial	Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Ackison, H. Roscoe
  		Headstone, Ackison, H. Roscoe H. And Cora J.
  Person ID	I43079	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family	?, Cora J.,   b. 1895   d. 1987 (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F16689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S13467] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Ackison, Roscoe H. And Cora J., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30751060/roscoe-h_-ackison), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15400] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #5, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14944] World War II Honoree, Harris Roscoe Ackison, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2002326) (Reliability: 2). [S13468] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Ackison, H. Roscoe, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30751060/roscoe-h_-ackison), none. (Reliability: 2).