USARV

11 ARM CAV RGT

Craig Alden Van Akin

Specialist Five
919TH ENG CO, 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY, USARV
Army of the United States
31 March 1949 - 08 April 1970
Ashtabula, Ohio
Panel 12W Line 110

Engineers

National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Craig Alden Van Akin

17 Oct 2005

You may be gone but your memory will live on. No one wanted this to happen but we can't do anything now. No one will forget you or what you have done. You're a hero and you're an average person.

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 919th Engineer Company lost three men as a result of an accident on 08 Apr 1970. Two were killed in the accident, and a third died almost a month later from injuries received:
  • SFC David W. Dash, Orangeburg, SC (DoI 05/02/1970);
  • SSG Robert J. Thompson, Danbury, CT; and
  • SP5 Craig A. Van Akin, Ashtabula, OH.


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his nephew,
Craig Van Akin
assclown_1564@yahoo.com
 17 Oct 2005


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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Last updated 10/24/2005