Rank and Name, Corporal Hugh J. Akins.
Unit/Placed in, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division “All American”.
Hugh is born approx. on May 2, 1923 in Derry, Pennsylvania.
Father, Andrew P. Akins.
Mother, Elanor M. (Shum) Akins.
Sister(s), Fidelis, Mary, Bernadette, Loretta D. Ann and Janet Akins.
Brother(s), Francis E. Gerald, and Stanley R. Akins.
Hugh enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 13089910.
Hugh was KIA during the Landing at Kamp, DZ Groesbeek on Oct. 4, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Parachute Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Hugh is buried/mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
Thanks to, https://www.508pir.org/
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LB53-85C
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
