Rank and Name, Private First-Class Robert E. Akin.
Unit/Placed in, 309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division “Lightning”.
Robert is born approx. on Jan. 11, 1926 in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee.
Father, Andrew Kernan Akin Sr.
Mother, Eugenia Zetella (Jordan) Akin.
Sister(s), Miriam Jordan, Burnett and Lucille Jean Akin.
Brother(s), Andrew Kernan Jr. James Houston, Frederick and Frank Akin.
Robert enlisted the service in Tennessee with service number # 34986055.
Robert was KIA during enemy Fire on the town of Kesternich, Germany on Dec. 17, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Robert is buried/mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
Thanks to, http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/78thinfantry/index.html
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L14Z-SJC
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
