Argent Joseph Acosta Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURJCook corrected assigned unit from 363rd FG to 364th FG
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Area sweep to Berlin, shortly after landfall formation went onto instruments due to overcast, element leader called a break as another group of P-51's where descending onto the formation, contact lost with 2nd Lt Acosta in P-51D 'Carolina Moon' 44-13936, Killed in Action (KIA) near Kiel. MACR 8319.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Bettye Jo III Carolina Moon
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New Orleans, LA | 8 April 1921 | Son of Argent Joseph Acosta Sr |
Enlisted |
New Orleans, Louisiana | 2 September 1942 | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Other Assigned |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 13 June 1944 - 27 August 1944 | Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Killed in action |
Kiel, Germany | 27 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Area sweep to Berlin, shortly after landfall formation went onto instruments due to overcast, element leader called a break as another group of P-51's where descending onto the formation, contact lost with 2nd Lt Acosta in P-51D 'Carolina Moon' 44-13936, Killed in Action (KIA) near Kiel. MACR 8319. |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | RE-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D, Row 10, Grave 18. |
Revisions
American Battle Monument's Commission www.abmc.ov
The National Archives and Records Administration
Ancestry.com WW2 Draft Cards 1940-1947
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 8319 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8319 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list