Private Leslie I. Ackerman, born in 1922, was the son of Percy Kenneth and Bertha L (Haner) Ackerman from Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. Amsterdam is on the Mohawk River 35 miles northwest of Albany. In the 1925 New York state census 3-year-old Leslie is living with his parents and siblings Edna 9, Charles 9, Florence 5, and Eleanor 1, at #8 Milton Ave., in Amsterdam. In the 1940 census 18-year-old Leslie is living with his parents and older brother Charles 22, at #32 DeWitt Street (pictured today below) in Amsterdam. His father is a laborer in a carpet mill. Leslie is a pin boy in a bowling alley. Leslie enlisted in the infantry 1 Oct 1940 in Albany for the Department of the Philippines. He’d had one year of high school and was single without dependents. His civil occupation was listed under forestry. The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county show Ackerman, Leslie I., Pvt, from Montgomery County, New York as FOD (Finding of Death) 1 Feb 1944. A finding of death was determined at least one year and one day after a soldier went missing in action so it's likely that he went missing 31 Jan 1943. On 31 Jan 1943, the 1st Division had pushed across Algeria from Oran and was just into Tunisia. 31 Jan 1943 was 19 days before the battle of Kasserine Pass, Tunisia.

U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Leslie I Ackerman
Race: White
Marital status: Single, without dependents (Single)
Rank: Private
Birth Year: 1922
Nativity State or Country: New York
Citizenship: Citizen
Residence: Montgomery, New York
Education: 1 year of high school
Civil Occupation: Forestry occupations, except logging
Enlistment Date: 1 Oct 1940
Enlistment Place: Albany, New York
Service Number: 12004734
Branch: Infantry
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Height: 67
Weight: 154