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Personal info

Full name
ACOSTA, Fred Duran
Date of birth
23 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Erie County, California
Hometown
Erie, Weld County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
38005970
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 8 9

Immediate family

Members
Fidelia (Duran) Acosta (mother)
Manuel Acosta (brother)
Samuel Acosta (brother)
Mino Acosta (brother)
Rachel Martinez (half-sister)
Francis Martinez (half-brother)

More information

Cpl Fred D. Acosta graduated from Lamont High School and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Bayard, New Mexico on 22 January 1941.

He was of Mexican-American heritage.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Eric Akkerman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy