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ANTHONY JOSEPH ROMANIELLO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – March 16, 1967
Service recordAnthony Joseph Romaniello, of Torrington, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 97
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Torrington, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 97
- RONALD BRUCE PRICESergeant · March 16, 1967
- JOHN WALTER RAPEYPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1967
- DAVID RHOADESPrivate · March 16, 1967
- GARY STEVEN ROWLETTPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
From Torrington
- PAUL HENRY PHILLIPSPrivate · July 5, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS TINO JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- RICHARD ALBERT CASSINSergeant · May 4, 1967
- GERALD JASON ROBERTS JRCorporal · August 31, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FALK JRLance Corporal · January 26, 1968
- CHARLES LEE BERGEVINMajor · August 23, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.