Akins, William, T/SGT

Fallen
 
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Last Rank
Technical Sergeant
Last Service Branch
Medical Corps
Last Primary MOS
1666-Medical Platoon Sergeant
Last MOS Group
Medical
Primary Unit
1950-1950, 1666, 8th US Cavalry
Service Years
1940 - 1950
Medical Corps
Technical Sergeant
Three Service Stripes
Eight Overseas Service Bars

 Last Photo   Personal Details 



Home State
Georgia
Georgia
Year of Birth
1918
 
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Casualty Info
Last Address
Decatur
Casualty Date
Nov 02, 1950
 
Cause
MIA-Finding of Death
Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location
Korea, North
Conflict
Korean War
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia

 Official Badges 

Honorably Discharged WW II


 Unofficial Badges 




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Military Order of the Purple HeartNon Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)Korean War FallenNational Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1950, Military Order of the Purple Heart - Assoc. Page
  1950, Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA) - Assoc. Page
  1950, Korean War Fallen
  1950, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)



WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945

Description
(Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
Units Participated in Operation

A Battery, 559th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

HHC, 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion

1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment

630th Military Police Company

3rd Military Police Company, 3rd Infantry Division

3rd Infantry Division

230th Military Police Company

504th Military Police Battalion

218th Military Police Company

401st Military Police Company

11th Military Police Battalion (CID)

92nd Military Police Company

972nd Military Police Company, 211th Military Police Battalion

759th Military Police Battalion

142nd Military Police Company

94th Military Police Company

4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery

518th Military Police Battalion

A Battery, 26th Field Artillery

508th Military Police Battalion

67th Military Police Company

595th Military Police Company

795th Military Police Battalion

44th Military Police Detachment (CID)

6th Military Police Detachment

4th Infantry Division

101st Airborne Division

503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne)

761st Tank Battalion

10th Military Police Battalion (CID)

 
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

  911 Also There at This Battle:
  • Allison, William H., SGT, (1944-1946)
  • Angileri, Joseph, T/SGT, (1942-1946)
  • Bolio, Robert, Cpl, (1943-1945)
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