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Acosta, Charles Mack, MM3c.
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Casualty Info
Home Town New Orleans, LA
Last Address 1933 Pauger St New Orleans, LA (Parents~ Mr& Mrs Horace Joseph Acosta
Casualty Date Jul 30, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Drowned, Suffocated
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing (Cenotaph)
Petty Officer Third Class Charles Acosta was Killed in Action on July 30, 1945, when his ship, the USS Indianapolis CA-35 was attacked and sunk by the Japanese Submarine I-58.
