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JEFFREY SCOTT AKER
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
March 17, 1947 – January 18, 1968
Service recordJeffrey Scott Aker, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 66
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- March 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 66
- NORMAN EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · January 18, 1968
- CECIL DELBERT BELT JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- WARREN WILLIAM BOLESLieutenant (junior grade) · January 18, 1968
- MARVIN WHITNER BOWENCorporal · January 18, 1968
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS MARSHALL JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.