A recently discharged Army soldier from Sandy Springs was found dead inside his wrecked car Thursday, two days after he was last seen leaving a Buckhead bar.
Randal Andrew Ackerman, 31, was honorably discharged after a tour of Afghanistan. He was last seen leaving Hangovers bar around 2 a.m. Tuesday.
Longtime friend Carli Prillaman said Ackerman was always a very thoughtful person.
“He’s the type of person that literally always did everything he possibly could to help others,” Prillaman told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
About 6 p.m. Thursday, Georgia State Patrol troopers were called to investigate a wreck off Johnson Ferry Road.
“Upon arrival, troopers found a vehicle that had left the roadway, traveled down an embankment and overturned,” GSP spokesman Gordy Wright said in a statement. Ackerman was deceased inside the car.
Wright said the exact day and time of the crash has not been determined.
Friends and family have a website to help with Ackerman's funeral arrangements.
A time and location for the funeral is not yet available.
— Staff writer Marcus K. Garner contributed to this report.
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