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FRANCIS CLAYBURN AKI JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1949 – November 15, 1968
Service recordFrancis Clayburn Aki JR, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 69
- JACKIE SHIRL UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- KARL EDWIN WEBERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS BIRCHIMCaptain · November 15, 1968
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROWNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT KUCZEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 71
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.