Rudy Alexander Acosta

Died: March 19, 2011

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany

Branch: U.S. Army

Operation Enduring Freedom. Private 1st Class Rudy Alexander Acosta, 19, died March 19 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he was one of two soldiers allegedly shot with small arms fire by an individual from a military security group. He was from Canyon Country, Calif.