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|first=Kenneth | |first=Kenneth | ||
|middle= | |middle=Townsend | ||
|class_section=6A | |class_section=6A | ||
|class_rank= | |class_rank=First Lieutenant | ||
|birth_year=1918 | |birth_year=1918 | ||
|death_year=2017 | |death_year=2017 | ||
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|class_display=11 | |class_display=11 | ||
|arm_or_service=Corps of Engineers | |arm_or_service=Corps of Engineers | ||
|birth_date=11 December 1918 | |||
|death_date=3 December 2017 | |||
|birth_place=Holmdel, New Jersey | |||
|death_place=Pompano Beach, Florida | |||
|rank_final=Captain | |||
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'''Kenneth | '''Kenneth Townsend Ackerson''' (1918–2017) was a United States Army First Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 11]]. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
'' | Kenneth Townsend Ackerson was born on 11 December 1918 on his family's farm in Holmdel, New Jersey. An organist from childhood, he earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture from Rutgers College in 1941 and joined the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. | ||
Ackerson entered the Army before the United States entered World War II and trained as a military-intelligence officer at [[Camp Ritchie]] ([[Class 11]]). Contemporary New Jersey newspapers in late 1942 already described him as a Camp Ritchie instructor. He served with the Army Corps of Engineers at Camp Ritchie and in the Philippines, attaining the rank of captain before his service ended. | |||
He resumed his Soil Conservation Service career after the war and became a world-soils specialist, contributing to the World Soil Map Project during assignments in Latin America, the Middle East, and North Africa. Ackerson retired in 1985 after forty-four years of government service and died in Pompano Beach, Florida, on 3 December 2017. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
* Pacific (R-60) | * Pacific (R-60) | ||
* PDF-only packet; biography is limited to the obituary and existing roster facts. | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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Kenneth_T_Ackerson_0454999_Daily_Register_1942-10-01.jpg|''The Daily Register'' (Red Bank, N.J.), 1 October 1942 — Kenneth T. Ackerson service timeline / Camp Ritchie (RB Archive). | |||
Kenneth_T_Ackerson_0454999_Keyport_Enterprise_1942-12-31.jpg|''Keyport Enterprise'' (Keyport, N.J.), 31 December 1942 — engagement notice describing Ackerson as a Camp Ritchie instructor (RB Archive). | |||
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* 11 December 1918 — Born in Holmdel, New Jersey. | |||
* 1941 — Earned a B.S. in agriculture from Rutgers College and joined the Soil Conservation Service. | |||
* 1946–1985 — Soil Conservation Service career, including work on the World Soil Map Project. | |||
* 3 December 2017 — Died in Pompano Beach, Florida. | |||
* World War II — Camp Ritchie Class 11; Corps of Engineers intelligence service at Camp Ritchie and in the Philippines; promoted to captain. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* ''Keyport Enterprise'' (Keyport, New Jersey), 31 December 1942 — engagement notice naming Ackerson as a Camp Ritchie instructor | |||
* ''The Daily Register'' (Red Bank, New Jersey), 1 October 1942 — Kenneth T. Ackerson service timeline referencing Camp Ritchie | |||
* Asbury Park Press, 8 December 2017 — obituary for Kenneth Townsend Ackerson (RB Archive ProQuest PDF) | |||
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data | * Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data | ||
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records | * Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records | ||
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | ||
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | ||