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RICHARD ARTHUR AKIN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 18, 1948 – September 3, 1968
Service recordRichard Arthur Akin JR, of Albany, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 30
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Albany, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 30
- MANLEY GLEN WALKERLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 1968
- GEORGE JOHN BELANCINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1968
- TERRY LEE BLOOMERCorporal · September 3, 1968
From Albany
- WRIGHT BARTWYN HAMILLPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- ROLLIE LEE BOLDENSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM E SODERSTROMSergeant · May 6, 1966
- LARRY DALE KNIGHTMajor · October 7, 1966
- EARL FREDERICK SMITHSecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- LLOYD ALVAN DUNCANPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN HIUKKAPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- JIMMY LYNN DELANOLance Corporal · March 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BURKHARTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHN LEE HOLMESPrivate First Class · June 12, 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.