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MOISES CARTAGENA-ACOSTA
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1930 – August 13, 1969
Service recordMoises Cartagena-Acosta, of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 29
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 Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1930
- Home of record
- Aibonito, Puerto Rico (Aibonito County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 29
- JAMES RONALD BYRNEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM CASTORCorporal · August 13, 1969
- STEVEN VINCENT CRUMSergeant · August 13, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK JOHN PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 34
From Aibonito
- TEODORITO RIOS-ROSARIOSergeant · August 26, 1968
- ANGEL L GONZALES-MADERASergeant First Class · January 8, 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.