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ADRIAN ALAN AKINS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – October 25, 1969
Service recordAdrian Alan Akins, of Cordova, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 118
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Cordova, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 118
- MICHAEL JOHN RODOWICZLance Corporal · October 25, 1969
- CHARLES EDGAR SHULTZStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1969
- JAMES DERRILL STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · October 25, 1969
- DWIGHT JACKSON THORNTONCaptain · October 25, 1969
From Cordova
- WOODIE LEE HICKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MELVIN LESLIE BENNETTSergeant · January 31, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- LARRY PAUL BLACKPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- SAMUEL DAVID SMITHSergeant · May 11, 1968
- JAMES RAY MONCRIEFSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.