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HOMER LEE AKE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1942 – March 3, 1968
Service recordHomer Lee Ake JR, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 46
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 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 46
- VIRGIL LAWRENCE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE WINGETSergeant · March 2, 1968
- DANNY STEPHEN YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- WILLARD FRANK YOUNGPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ABRAHAM LINCO COLON-PEREZStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 49
- DAVID WALTER KNOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 54
- GEORGE T SWYMERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 58
- EARNEST SHELBY WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 58
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.