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EDWARD DARRELL AKERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1942 – January 11, 1966
Service recordEdward Darrell Akers, of Wytheville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Wytheville, Virginia (Wythe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 63
- RAYNALD JIMEEZ AMADORCorporal · January 11, 1966
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- JOSE GOTERA BIRCOStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 65
From Wytheville
- JESSE STEPHEN MANUEL JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- LARRY ELBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- STEPHEN MICHAEL BRUMFIELDPetty Officer Third Class · July 4, 1972
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.