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JOHN MICHAEL ACOSTA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – January 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Acosta, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 2
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- JAMES FRANK WRIGHTPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- GLEN ROBERT BARNHILLSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- PAUL ROBERT BELLAMYLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.