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JOSE FRANCISCO ACOSTA
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JOSE F ACOSTA
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POSTED ON 5.25.2019
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston
I'm proud of our Vietnam Veterans
Corporal Jose Francisco Acosta, Served with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force.
POSTED ON 10.3.2018
POSTED BY: Janice Current
An American Hero
Thank you for stepping up and answering your country's call. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. Rest easy knowing you will never be forgotten.
POSTED ON 3.9.2018
POSTED BY: wkillian@smjuhsd.org
Ground Casualty
CPL Jose F. Acosta was a rifleman assigned to F Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, and CPL Quinnen T. Chandler Jr. was a Combat Engineer with A Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division. On October 1, 1967, both Marines were traveling in a military vehicle as part of a convoy returning to basecamp when the vehicle overturned two miles southwest of An Hoa Airfield in Quang Nam Province, RVN. Acosta and Chandler each suffered fatal head injuries in the incident. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]
POSTED ON 10.1.2017
POSTED BY: David Botticelli
Remembering Corporal Acosta
Thank you for your service and sacrifice, corporal. You have the gratitude of an entire nation! :) Rest In Peace.