GREEN BERETS Barker, Frank Akeley,Jr

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Barker
  • FORENAME
Frank Akeley,Jr
  • UNIT
former SF (Major)
  • RANK
Lieutenant Colonel
  • NUMBER
OF114736
  • DATE OF DEATH
13th June 1968
  • AGE
40
  • GRAVESITE
Barrancas National Cemetery,Pensacola,Escambia County,Florida Section 30 Site 148
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from New Haven,Connecticut
born 26.1.1928 New Haven,Connecticut
son of Frank Akeley and Ruth T. Barker
entered service 1950 New Haven,Connecticut (18 years service)
married
awards Silver Star,Bronze Star,Air Medal,Army Commendation Medal
KIA helicopter crash (hostile) Quang Ngai Province,South Vietnam (with HHC,4 Bn 3rd Infantry Regiment)
remains recovered 1993
buried Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 34 Site 2083 (collective headstone)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 57W Line 6
 

DATE OF DEATH:

13-Jun-1968
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