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JACK RICHARD DACOSTA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1948 – December 2, 1969
Service recordJack Richard Dacosta, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 16
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 16
- JAMES FRANCIS CARLONIPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- ROBERT GRAHAM CURLStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- ROBERT LE ROY DALTONPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- JONATHAN WAYNE GARRETTCorporal · December 2, 1969
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
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.