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BENNIE ROMERO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1930 – December 19, 1965
Service recordBennie Romero, of Starkville, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 17, 1930
- Home of record
- Starkville, Colorado (Las Animas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 28
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- MICHAEL CLAY HALSTEADCorporal · December 19, 1965
- KENNETH KIPLING HUFFERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- ERNEST FELIPE LOSOYALance Corporal · December 19, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 27
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 28
- NELS WILLIAM SWANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 29
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.