Donald Wayne Akins
Corporal
HMM-161, MAG-39, 1ST MAW, III MAF United States Marine Corps Spiro, Oklahoma October 12, 1947 to June 09, 1969 (Incident Date June 02, 1969) DONALD W AKINS is on the Wall at Panel W23, Line 116 |
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A Note from The Virtual WallOn 02 Jun 1969 a CH-46D from HMM-161 (BuNo 153970) was shot down east of Khe Sanh; the aircraft crashed and burned. One crewman, Navy Corpsman HM2 Michael Cavanagh, was killed in the crash; a second, Cpl Donald Akins, died of injuries a week later on 09 Jun 1969.Additional information is available on the Pop-A-Smoke site. |
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