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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 22539" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Akins </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Houston C. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>509 Parachute Infantry Battalion (Company A) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>14071587 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>19th February 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy Plot A Row 14 Grave 12 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1923</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Stanley E. Akins (1889-1970)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Sallie B. Akins (1890-1941)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>education - Grammar school</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended East Lake Junior High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>civil occupation Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck and tractor</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed by Happy Valley Farms</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single without dependents upon enlistment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>15.12.1941 enlisted Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Father. Mr. Stanley E. Akins, 2518 Fourth Avenue, Courts, Chattanooga, Tennessee</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Anzio, Italy </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-akins.39848/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/39/39848-f53b9c1fefb37c2e97c0121da4a6bfd9.jpg?1708340094" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-akins-grave.36224/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36224-96c5dd43fd9243624492edc016259c6e.jpg?1642791175" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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