Acosta, John Wayne, SP4

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Final Rank
Specialist 4

Last Service Branch
Transportation Corps

Last MOS
67A20-Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice

Last MOS Group
Transportation

Primary Unit
1966-1968, 67A20, 118th Aviation Company, 145th Aviation Battalion

Service Years
1965 - 1968

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Arkansas

Year of Birth
1946

This Military Service Page was created/owned by SGT James E. Reece, III (Vietnam Fallen Team Leader, VFW Chapter 3617) to remember Acosta, John Wayne, SP 4.

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Casualty Info

Home Town North Little Rock, AR	Last Address North Little Rock, AR

Casualty Date Jul 27, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Phuoc Long (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Little Rock National Cemetery (VA) - Little Rock, Arkansas	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 14, Site 504

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Unofficial Badges

Tributes from Members


	James Young and John Acosta1 posted by Richardson, Linda 4 -Family

Photo Album (More...)

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Headstone

In Service

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments

118th Aviation Company, 145th Aviation Battalion


	1966-1968, 67A20, 12th Aviation Group
	1966-1968, 67A20, 118th Aviation Company, 145th Aviation Battalion

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1965-1966 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Campaign (1965-66)
	1966-1967 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (1966-67)
	1967-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase IV Campaign (1968)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)

Other News, Events and Photographs


	Jul 27, 2015, Other Military Photos

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1968, National Cemetery Administration (NCA), Little Rock National Cemetery (VA) (Little Rock, Arkansas)
	1982, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2018, The National Gold Star Family Registry