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ALBERT KAIWI AKAMU
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1934 – May 9, 1968
Service recordAlbert Kaiwi Akamu, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1934
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 12
- ROOSEVELT WHITEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE ADOLFLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- GEORGE VERNON AIREY JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH W ARNOLDCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 14
- LARRY GAIL CALDWELLCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 16
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 18
- GEORGE W DARNELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 18
- MERRILL ANDREW MOSERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 28
- RAMON RODRIGUEZ RUIZSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 31
- LEO FRANKLIN RUPERTSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 32
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 33
- FRANKLIN ARTHUR TOWNSENDSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 34
- CLARENCE H WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 2
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.