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JAMES ARTHUR ACOSTA JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1946 – July 15, 1968
Service recordJames Arthur Acosta JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 33
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 33
- DONALD RAY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- DAVID MORGAN ARNOLDPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
- CURTIS CHARLES BROWNPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM HANSARD IIICorporal · July 15, 1968
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.