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PETER ACOSTA MENDOZA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1944 – April 12, 1968
Service recordPeter Acosta Mendoza, of Union City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Union City, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 34
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MELTON JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- MICHAEL WESLEY MILLERPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE MILLSLance Corporal · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEE GOODMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 31
- DWAYNE CHARLES MCCLURESpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 33
From Union City
- ANTONE PERRY JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1966
- JESSE SANCHEZSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK MAKUCKSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- ROBERT MARTIN YSGUERRAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- RALPH DORMAN STORMCorporal · July 27, 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.