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DENNIS OWEN AKERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1947 – June 5, 1968
Service recordDennis Owen Akers, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 14
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 14
- JAMES JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RODNEY ROYCE BERNARDLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- FELIX RAMON BOCANEGRALance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- DANA ROBERT CALLSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICARDO ROBERT TEJANOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 60W, Line 22
- RICHARD LARRY VINESSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 22
- NORMAN MICHAEL TURONEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 60W, Line 23
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 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.