Steven Acosta, 19

Army, Private 1st Class

Based: Ft. Hood, Texas

C Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: October 26, 2003

Baqubah, Iraq

Single

Gender: Male

Hometown: Calexico

High School: Calexico High (Calexico)

Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Heber, Calif.

Acosta followed his older brother, a Marine, into military service. He was born in Blythe and his family moved back and forth between California and Mexico.

Todd J. Bryant, 10/31/2003

Michael S. Hancock, 10/24/2003

14 memories of Steven Acosta

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I met Stephen at MEPS in San Diego. He was my roommate while we waited to go off. Then we shipped out to Basic and were in the same platoon for Reception Battalion. Then we were on the same platoon for Basic Training. For graduation from basic I met his mother and his brother the marine. Stephen was a really tough guy but very nice too. He always helped others who were having a hard time. I did not realize we had been in the same part of Iraq until one day while going through FOB Warhorse in Baquba I accidently went through a casualty list. The list was in alphabetical order. Being “Acosta” he was at the top on the first page. He had told me he wanted to become a teacher and would be able to do it after the Army. Stephen was never meek about going to war. But in Baquba you didn’t know who to fight until you were the one in the kill zone. can someone tell me what happened? TheOneInTen at Y

” — Alfonso Carmona, March 15, 2010 at 10:42 a.m.

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I went to High School w/ Steven. We hung out mostly our Junior yr. I remember the day of his death. I was home with my family. His neighbor had called me very saddened. She said, "You are not going to believe what happened." Steven had passed away. Upon receiving the message, one thousand memories that I spent with him in High School flashed in my mind in a matter of seconds. I replied, "I'll call you in a lil' bit." I cried my eyes out flooding the carpet in my room. I dragged myself to the living room where my family was watching t.v with liquid of tears that followed me. My family panicked as they witnessed me gasping for air and in complete distraught. I noted to them that I had lost a High School friend in Iraq. They comforted me. He loved the military attitude. Steven used to tell me that he had bombs that his brother had brought from his service. I believed him. He possessed a zeal for bombs and guns; it was his thing. He was following his role model's footsteps - his older brothers that served. He's been missed.

” — Despin, May 13, 2010 at 8:07 p.m.

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