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Personal info

Full name
AKINS, Kerney James
Date of birth
13 November 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama
Hometown
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38663263
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John K. Akins (father)
Cordie D. (Culver) Akins (mother)
Docia M. Akins (sister)
Eugene Akins (brother)
Curtis N. Akins (brother)
William C. Akins (brother)
John D. Akins (brother)
Robert T. Akins (brother)
Fred O. Akins (brother)
Truman E. Akins (brother)
Herman R. Akins (brother)
Hulen S. Akins (brother)
Lillian F. (Robertson) Akins (wife)
Fay Curtis Akins (son)
Charlotte Akins (daughter)
Jeanette Akins (daughter)
Gerald Akins (son)

More information

Pfc Kerney J. Akins is remembered at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia and at the Gill Cemetery in Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Shiver / MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Noma Kelton Henderson, Combat History 79th Infantry Division

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Hope / Noma Kelton Henderson, www.ancestry.com - akinsruss