Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!

Acton, Tom Perry

Military Information:

  • Purple Heart (PH)
  • US Marine Corps
  • Vietnam Veteran
  • Deceased
  • KIA
  • TVHOF Class 2020
  • TVHOF Patriot Award
  • Gunnery Sergant
  • 1-Alpha List
  • Vietnam Memorial Wall

Bio:

Name: Tom Perry Acton
From: Tarrant County, Texas
Born: September 6, 1930
Death: May 23, 1968
War: Vietnam War
Branch: US Marine Corps
Rank: Gunnery Sergeant
Specialty: Infantry Unit Leader
Group: III Marine Amphibious Force, 2nd Civil Affairs Group, Cap 2 3
Cause: Hostile, Killed in Action
Awarded:
★ Purple Heart

Source: honorstates.org
Posted: Steele

52 were killed on the same day with 4 being Texans.

Tom Perry Acton is buried or memorialized at Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, Colleyville, Texas.

https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=259203

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Cemetery:

Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, 5725 Colleyville Boulevard Colleyville, Tarrant County, Texas, 76034 USA
Latitude: 32.894199 | Longitude: -97.141899