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DUANE CHARLES AKKERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 17, 1946 – October 27, 1967
Service recordDuane Charles Akkerman, of Lewiston, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 77
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Idaho (Nez Perce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 77
- RICHARD WILLIAM STEINSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- STANLEY WILLIAM TUNALLSergeant · October 26, 1967
- BILLY ROBERT WOHLGAMUTHPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT PAUL COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 80
- JAMES ALBERT CORESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 80
- EVARISTO MARTINEZ IIISpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 81
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 83
- JAMES LEATHERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 83
- TERRY LEE MALOYSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 84
- MICHAEL PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 85
- GARY ARDEN RUCKTAESCHELSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 86
- JOHNNIE WALKERCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 88
- MICHAEL ZARBOCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 89
From Lewiston
- RODERICK LEWIS MAYERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1965
- WILLIAM BARTON HEPBURNLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- RALPH LEE ROTTERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLAN SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BOGGESSSergeant · December 29, 1968
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.