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CHARLES JAMES AKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1943 – December 5, 1968
Service recordCharles James Akins, of Fulton, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 44
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- 0v-1 Airplane Repairman (67H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Fulton, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 44
- WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE ANDREWSLance Corporal · December 5, 1968
- JOHN ALVIN BERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 5, 1968
- MELVIN LYNN BOLANDPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALVIN BERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 37W, Line 44
- BILLY KENNEDY EVANS JRSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 45
- GUENTER ROBERT THONUESSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 48
From Fulton
- JESSE GEORGE EASTMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1966
- ALLEN PAUL BROEKHUIZENPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL GRAY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 28, 1969
- GEORGE AIKMAN FINTERLieutenant Colonel · February 28, 1970
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.