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RICHARD LOUIS AKEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 4, 1947 – May 19, 1968
Service recordRichard Louis Akel, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 4
- MELVIN ARLEIGH ALLENSergeant · May 19, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM CLARENCE BALDWINCorporal · May 19, 1968
- DANNY LEE BOONESpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · Panel 63E, Line 4
- JOHN DENNIS DONOVANSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 8
- ROBERT EARL JENKINSSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 11
- EDWIN GRANT NEWELLSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 19
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.