Fourth Generation

18. Pvt Edward B "Bud" ACKLEY Jr was born on 28 Jan 1924 in Davenport, Scott , Iowa.^11,19,23,24 He appeared in the census in 1930 in Iowa. He Enlisted in the military on 3 May 1943 in Camp Dodge Herrold , Iowa²³ Edward B Ackley Jr
Name: Edward B Ackley Jr
Birth Year: 1924
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Iowa
State: Iowa
County or City: Scott

Enlistment Date: 3 May 1943
Enlistment State: Iowa
Enlistment City: Camp Dodge Herrold
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
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: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life

Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents

He died on 26 Aug 2005 in Coal Valley, Rock Island, Illinois.^19,24 His Obituary appeared in the The Rock Island Argus on 28 Aug 2005 in Rock Island , Illinois
Edward `Bud' Ackley
Edward B. "Bud" Ackley, 81, of Coal Valley, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, in the Emergency Room at Trinity Medical Center, Moline.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Coal Valley. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline, where Moline American Legion Post 246 will present military honors. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, where Doric Lodge 319, AF & AM, will conduct Masonic funeral services at 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Illinois Heart Association.
Edward Bryson Ackley Jr. was born Jan. 28, 1924, in Davenport, son of Edward B. and Helen McGregor Ackley. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He married Eleanor L. Paysen Feb. 23, 1946, in Davenport. Bud was an experimental mechanic at John Deere Plow-Planter Works for 33 years, retiring in 1982.
He was a member of Moline American Legion Post 246, Doric Lodge 319, AF & AM, and Rock Island Voiture 40 & 8. He was one of the founders and first coaches of Moline Little League and coached both Little League and Babe Ruth League for several years. He enjoyed golf, gardening, fishing, reading, doing crossword puzzles and spending time with his family.
Bud is survived by his wife, Eleanor; two sons and a daughter-in-law, William E. and Gloria Ackley, Moline, and Donald J. Ackley, Beaver Dam, Wis.; two grandsons, Nicholas and Michael Ackley; two stepgranddaughters, Gina Bundy and Felicia VanHyfte; four stepgreat-grandchildren; and a sister, Anne M. Close, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Share a story about Bud and light a candle in his memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com

His Social Security Number was 481-18-2312 IA. He served in the military WW II in the US Army.^23,24

Pvt Edward B "Bud" ACKLEY Jr and Eleanor L. PAYSEN were married on 23 Feb 1946 in Davenport, Scott , Iowa.²⁵ Pvt Edward B "Bud" ACKLEY Jr and Living had the following children:

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