Michael D Acklin II

Louisville, Kentucky

November 15, 2003

Age

Military

Rank

Unit/Location

Army

Sgt

1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Killed when two 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul, Iraq.

AP News

Michael D. Acklin II was a man of quiet peace who had dreamed of joining the ministry and hoped to attend Bible college after the Army. Acklin of Louisville, Ky., died Nov. 15 when two Black Hawk helicopters collided in Iraq. He was stationed at Fort Campbell.