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

Combat Aircrew
 
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Donald W Akins
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21 Feb 2005

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A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 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.

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