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HECTOR SANTOS ACEVEDO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1946 – August 15, 1966
Service recordHector Santos Acevedo, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 6
- JEFFREY BURTON WAGMANSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1966
- HARRY G BRANNONSergeant · August 15, 1966
- FRED BROWN JRSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
- RAYMOND STEPTOEPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 11
- CHARLES WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 12
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.