The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Herbert Dale Akers
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
A BTRY 82 AAA AW BN 2 DIV
Date of Death
March 5, 1951
Corporal Akers was a member of Battery A, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy along the Chongchon River near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on March 5, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.