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ARVEL DEWIT AKERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1946 – January 8, 1966
Service recordArvel Dewit Akers, of Grethel, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Grethel, Kentucky (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 57
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT LUTEStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1966
- RONALD ELWOOD NELSONLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- LOWELL FRANKLIN WHITEAirman Second Class · January 7, 1966
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.