Akins, Samuel Leroy, PFC

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Private First Class

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
11B10-Infantryman

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1968-1968, 11B10, A Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry

Service Years
1968 - 1968

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Arkansas

Year of Birth
1948

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Casualty Info

Home Town West Memphis, AR	Last Address Los Angeles, CA

Casualty Date Sep 13, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Quang Ngai (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Paradise Gardens Cemetery - Edmondson, Arkansas	Wall/Plot Coordinates 44W 044

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2018, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Photo Album (More...)

Current Photo

Ribbon Bar

Enlisted/Officer Basic Training


	1968, 3rd Battalion, 1st Training Brigade (Fort Ord, CA), A
	1968, 2nd Battalion, 1st Training Brigade (Fort Lewis, WA)

Unit Assignments


	1968-1968, 11B10, A Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry
	1968-1968, 11B10, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal)

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)