World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
William Robert Akers
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Bluefield, West Virginia
Honored By
William R. Akers III
Relationship
Grandson
COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP FANNON, TEXAS AND JOINED THE 409TH COMPANY E AND THEN THE 103RD 'CACTUS' DIVISION. FOUGHT IN FRANCE AND THEN GERMANY AND THEN WAS WITH THE 45TH DIVISION 'THUNDERBIRDS'.