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JAMES MICHAEL AKSTIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1945 – May 12, 1967
Service recordJames Michael Akstin, of Richmond, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 91
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 91
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- NEELY JAMES SINGLETARYCorporal · May 11, 1967
- CARLOS ASHLOCKSergeant · May 12, 1967
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- BOBBY DON CARVERPetty Officer First Class · December 6, 1967
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.