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CHARLES ANTHONY ROMERO
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 13, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordCharles Anthony Romero, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 43
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 43
- BRETT GRANT REAVISPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- JOEQUIN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- PETE SPRULE SEGUNDOSergeant · September 5, 1969
- DELBERT RAY SMITHSergeant · September 5, 1969
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.