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JOHN WAYNE ACOSTA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – July 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Wayne Acosta, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 16
- JACK STEPHEN SMITHLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
- PAUL DONALD SPILLANESergeant First Class · July 26, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES TELLISSergeant First Class · July 26, 1968
- FERNANDO MARCELO VALDEZPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GONZALES PACHECOSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 19
- JAMES HOWARD YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 21
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- MARVIN COOK JRCaptain · January 26, 1969
- HAROLD EDWARD CROWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
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.