Highest Honors POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of James Franklin Akins
Headstone of James Franklin Akins
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

James Franklin Akins

Sergeant
1943 – 1967
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 20E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials In Our Keeping

Sergeant James Franklin Akins served in the U.S. Marine Corps. James served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. James was 24 years old.

How He Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Blast injury
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Tri
Keepsakes
AKINS JAMES FRANKLIN - Vietnam War Veteran
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James F Akins
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
I CO, 3RD BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
0311: RIFLEMAN
SGT
RIFLEMAN
QUANG TRI
1967
Pay grade E05.
Conflicts
Vietnam War Cold War
Awards & Decorations 4

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 20E · Line 42 cut as JAMES F AKINS
In Our Keeping
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James Franklin Akins
Sergeant
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1967
3rd Battalion 4th Marines
Sergeant
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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