HONORED ON PANEL 6W, LINE 72 OF THE WALL
FRANKLIN RANDOLPH AKANA
WALL NAME
FRANKLIN R AKANA
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6W/72
DATE OF BIRTH
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DATE OF CASUALTY
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REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR FRANKLIN RANDOLPH AKANA
POSTED ON 10.12.2005
POSTED BY: Bill Nelson
Never Forgotten
FOREVER REMEMBERED
"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heros you left behind...."
Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.
We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heros lost to the War in Vietnam:
Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.
From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers
"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heros you left behind...."
Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.
We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heros lost to the War in Vietnam:
Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.
From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers
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POSTED ON 7.28.2005
POSTED BY: Francine Renton
To my brother with love
I remember the days you used to sing to me and play the piano or guitar. You were such a talented young man and I am grateful for the times we did spend together as brother and youngest sister!
You will always be in my heart and soul. I love you dearly.
Your sis
Francine
You will always be in my heart and soul. I love you dearly.
Your sis
Francine
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POSTED ON 10.26.2004
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
Franklin is buried at Nat Memorial Cem of the Pacific.
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POSTED ON 12.12.2002
Brave Men To Remember
This man Mr.Akana was not just an every day man, he was a soldier of the US army during the Vietnam war. with this he should be remembered and respected. I did not have the honor of knowing this man but I respect him and honor him for his life was taken in the service of our country. So I hope that you and all the people you know have the honor to know or have met a veteran. That is because these people put their life on the line for millions of people in the US and the billions to come.
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