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Steven Acosta
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Name: Army Pfc. Steven Acosta
Age: 19
From: Calexico, Calif.
Assigned to C Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Pfc. Steven Acosta was killed Oct. 26 from a non-hostile gunshot wound in Baqubah, Iraq.
Died: October 26, 2003
California soldier killed in Iraq during non-combat incident
Associated Press
Age: 19
From: Calexico, Calif.
Assigned to C Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Pfc. Steven Acosta was killed Oct. 26 from a non-hostile gunshot wound in Baqubah, Iraq.
Died: October 26, 2003
California soldier killed in Iraq during non-combat incident
Associated Press
PHOENIX — As Pfc. Steven Acosta was preparing to serve in Iraq, his older brother Gerardo was just returning from the same war.
Steven Acosta didn’t have another opportunity to see his older brother. The 19-year-old Army supply clerk from Calexico, Calif., died from a gunshot wound suffered in a non-combat incident in Baqubah, Iraq.
His death on Sunday remains under investigation, the military said Monday.
“I just wish I could see him again, and just be with him like we used to be before,” said his brother, Gerardo, a Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Steven Acosta enlisted in the Army before his older brother had a chance to...
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C Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident
Army Pfc. Steven Acosta died Oct. 26 from a non-hostile gunshot wound in Baqubah, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Steven Acosta
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.