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ROBERTO ACEVEDO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1943 – February 12, 1969
Service recordRoberto Acevedo, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 18
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 18
- KIRK ALLEN WOOLLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN ZUKOWSKIMajor · February 11, 1969
- THOMAS LEON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- WILLIAM DONALD BAKKENPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE KIRTLAND HAMILTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 20
- RICHARD D BARTHOLOMEW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 21
- ROBERT DALE SHOEMAKERCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 23
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.