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Last Rank
Technical Sergeant
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Last Service Branch
Medical Corps
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Last Primary MOS
1666-Medical Platoon Sergeant
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Last MOS Group
Medical Department (Enlisted)
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Primary Unit
1950-1950, 1666, 8th US Cavalry
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Service Years
1940 - 1950
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth 1918 |
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to remember
Akins, William (WT), T/Sgt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town Not Specified |
Last Address Decatur
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Casualty Date Nov 02, 1950 |
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Cause Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire |
Location Korea, North |
Conflict Korean War |
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia |
Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified |
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1940-1941, 657, C Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry
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1946-1948, 673, 82nd Medical Battalion
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1948-1949, 673, Second Army (2nd Army)
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1950-1950, 1666, HHC, 1st Cavalry Division
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1950-1950, 1666, 8th US Cavalry
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Last Known Activity
In November 1950, Akins was a member of the Medical Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division then occupying a defensive position near Unsan, North Korea north of a bend in the Kuryong River known as the Camel's Head. On Nov. 1, elements of two Chinese Communist Divisions struck the 1st Cavalry Division?s lines, collapsing the perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. Akins was reported missing on Nov. 2, 1950 and was one of the more than 350 servicemen unaccounted-for from the battle at Unsan.
In April 2007, the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K.), acting through the intermediary of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi, repatriated to the United States six boxes of human remains believed to be those of U.S. soldiers.The D.P.R.K. reported that the remains were excavated in November 2006 near Unsan in North Pyongan Province.
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