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DENNIS AKERLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1949 – October 27, 1969
Service recordDennis Akerley, of Grahamsville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 123
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Grahamsville, New York (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 123
- DAVID DESALES WINKLERStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1969
- GARY RAY BOUSHELESpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
- THOMAS ALMET ENGELMANCorporal · October 27, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD FOSTERSergeant · October 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RICHARD FOSTERSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 123
- JOHN MICHAEL MCKENNAPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 124
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.