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DONALD WAYNE AKINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1947 – June 9, 1969
Service recordDonald Wayne Akins, of Spiro, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 116
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Spiro, Oklahoma (Le Flore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 116
- ROBERT ARNOLD WIMERCorporal · June 8, 1969
- ROGER LEE YOUNGLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- LEON HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- GARY LESTER BARNESSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
From Spiro
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 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.