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CARMELO DIAZ-ROMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1944 – April 1, 1969
Service recordCarmelo Diaz-Roman, of Gurabo, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Gurabo, Puerto Rico (Gurabo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 102
- FRANK JEROME CARROLLFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1969
- LELAND STEPHEN CROWLEY JRSergeant · April 1, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH CURRYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- WILLIAM ARTHUR DEBATESSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LUKANA LOO JRSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 104
- JON DALE PETERSONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 104
- RICHARD CHARLES SIMMONSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 105
From Gurabo
- FRANCISCO CORREA-MORALESPrivate First Class · April 23, 1966
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.