{"id":7152,"date":"2014-03-03T12:03:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T17:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=7152"},"modified":"2019-05-16T23:10:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T03:10:16","slug":"ricardo-ricky-acosta-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=7152","title":{"rendered":"Ricardo \u2018Ricky\u2019 Acosta, 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14815 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/AcostaRicardo-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/AcostaRicardo-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/AcostaRicardo-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/AcostaRicardo-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/AcostaRicardo-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Army Specialist Ricardo \u2018Ricky\u2019 Acosta of Tampa, Florida, a beloved son, loving brother, hero and friend.<\/p>\n<p>He was born March 19, 1987, the only beloved son of Lynn Hughes and loved big brother of three amazing sisters. Growing up in the Florida Keys, Ricky loved the ocean and deep sea fishing adventures.<\/p>\n<p>Following graduation of boot camp, Ricky received training in Fort Benning, Georgia, 82nd Airborne Division. He would serve two tours in Iraq with the United States Army in support of the global war on terror. He attained the rank of specialist.<\/p>\n<p>Ricky is deeply loved and missed by his family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>SPC Ricky Acosta lost his battle on March 3, 2016. He was 28 years old.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7159\" src=\"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2926.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2926.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2926-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2926-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><em>Specialist Ricky Acosta, his mother&#8217;s favorite photo of him<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/contribute-memorial-wall\">Add your loved one to the wall<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army Specialist Ricardo \u2018Ricky\u2019 Acosta of Tampa, Florida, a beloved son, loving brother, hero and friend. He was born March 19, 1987, the only beloved son of Lynn Hughes and loved big brother of three amazing sisters. Growing up in the Florida Keys, Ricky loved the ocean and deep sea &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memorial-wall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}