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Rolan
Maurice
Akin
POW (Korea) MIA

Home:

Shawnee

, 

Oklahoma

Although Rolan Akin is officially listed as “Missing in Action,” there is some evidence he may have been captured during the Korean War and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the war’s end.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Captain

    Batallion:

    8th Bombardment Squadron

    Regiment:

    3d Bombardment Wing

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Korean War)

    Action Date:

    September 12, 1951 – MIA In Captivity
    Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office

    Captain Rolan Maurice Akin (AFSN: AO-2094960), United States Air Force, was held as a Prisoner of War after he was captured on 12 September 1951 during the Korean War. He was unaccounted for after the war and is presumed to have died or been killed while in captivity.