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FRANKLIN RANDOLPH AKANA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – November 20, 1970
Service recordFranklin Randolph Akana, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chau Doc
- 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 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 72
- JUAN JOSE PLAZAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1970
- STANLEY DEAN STRUBLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 19, 1970
- JAMES C WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1970
- PHILLIP JOSE BARBACorporal · November 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE SHRINERSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 74
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.