![]() Akins disappeared during combat in Korea 58 years ago. She was 2 1/2 years old when her father, a native of Decatur, was declared missing in action. It's a moment Suski's family has both waited for and despaired of. ![]() Thursday, Marianne Akins Suski will travel to Arlington National Cemetery to witness the burial of her father, Army Sergeant First Class W.T. reported that the remains were excavated in November 2006 near Unsan in North Pyongan Province.Īmong other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of Akins’ remains.įor additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at or call (703) 699-1169.īy BO EMERSON Courtesy of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi, repatriated to the United States six boxes of human remains believed to be those of U.S. In April 2007, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K.), acting through the intermediary of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and former U.S. 2, 1950 and was one of the more than 350 servicemen unaccounted-for from the battle at Unsan. On November 1, elements of two Chinese Communist Divisions struck the 1st Cavalry Division’s lines, collapsing the perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. In November 1950, Akins was a member of the Medical Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division then occupying a defensive position near Unsan, North Korea north of a bend in the Kuryong River known as the Camel’s Head. Representatives from the Army met with Akins’ next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army. He will be buried on June 26, 2008, in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. JSoldier Missing In Action From Korean War Is Identified ![]() Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Sergeant First Class Akins was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. He was listed as Missing in Action while tending his wounded comrades near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950. Sergeant First Class Akins was a Medic with the Medical Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. ![]()
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