World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Charles Mack Acosta
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New Orleans, Louisiana
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS AS A MACHINISTS MATE 3RD CLASS. AFTER DELIVERING THE ATOMIC BOMB COMPONENTS TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS LOST AT SEA ALONG WITH 879 FELLOW CREWMEN.