Akers, Robert Earl

1925 - 1975  (49 years)

• Name	Akers, Robert Earl
  Birth	19 Oct 1925	Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	AKER.R002
  _FGRAVE	80767018
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, 1077th Army Air Forces Base Unit, United States Army Air Forces  [2, 3, 4]
  	Entered active service in the Air Corps as a draftee on December 21, 1943 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of Ground Aircraft Observer (518). Departed the U.S. on December 19, 1944 bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Operated in the China-Burma-India Theater and participated in the China Offensive, The Central Burma and The China Defensive Campaigns. Returned to the U.S. on November 1, 1945 and assigned to the 1077th Army Air Forces Base Unit at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky where he was honorably discharged as a Private 1st Class on February 5, 1946. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3 bronze battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1990233
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army Air Corps
  		United States Army Air Corps
  		Bowman Field, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Akers, Robert E. (1925-1975) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		China Burma India Theater -- World War II
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Akers, Robert E. (1925-1975)
  Death	8 Jan 1975	Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois   [1]
  	PLOT 8-102-5
  		Headstone, Akers, Dorothy M. and Robert E.
  		Headstone, Akers, Robert E.
  Person ID	I43082	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	24 May 2023

  
  

  Family	Henderson, D.M.
  Family ID	F16690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Oct 1925 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Death - 8 Jan 1975 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S13470] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Akers, Dorothy M. and Robert E., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80767018) (Reliability: 2). [S13471] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Akers, Robert E., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80767018) (Reliability: 2). [S15400] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #5, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14948] World War II Honoree, Robert E. Akers, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1990233) (Reliability: 2).