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DANIEL ACOSTA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1945 – November 12, 1966
Service recordDaniel Acosta, of Stockton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 57
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 57
- DEE WAYNE STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- VERNON BERNARD TODDPrivate First Class · November 11, 1966
- CHARLES ELMER WHITEFIELDSergeant · November 11, 1966
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.