Humberto Acosta-Rosario (1947 - 1968)

Born 15 Jan 1947 in Mayaguez Municipality, Puerto Rico

Died 22 Aug 1968 at age 21 in Vietnam

Biography

Staff Sgt Humberto Acosta-Rosario was Missing in Action during the Vietnam War.

Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, B Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25 Infantry Division, MIA

Humberto Acosta-Rosario was born January 15, 1947. He joined the military in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and was a machine gunner with B Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25 Infantry Division. August 22, 1968, he was on reconnaissance near the Ben Cui rubber plantation, Tay Ninh Province, South Korea. His unit came under fire and his remains were never recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, his name is on panel 47W, line 030 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. and in El Monumento de la Recordación in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He also has a headstone with his name inscribed on it at Plot: MB 0 6 of Puerto Rican National Cemetery in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Sources

1. ↑ ABMC Burial and Memorials database
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #255124
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Acosta-Rosario
4. ↑ My MIA's Information: https://web.archive.org/web/20091027000428/http://geocities.com/alyrios.geo/
5. ↑ The 1st Battalion (M) 5th Infantry 2nd Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division CU CHI Vietnam, A LEGEND AMONG LINE UNITS: http://www.1-5th-m-25th-inf-1966.com/page18.html
6. ↑ http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/a/a002.htm
7. ↑ Veitnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Founders of the Wallhttp://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/167/HUMBERTO-ACOSTA-ROSARIO
8. ↑ 5th Infantry Regiment Association: http://bobcat.ws/humberto-acosta-rosario-tribute.html
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #6695257 Humberto-Acosta-Rosario-PR

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