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DANIEL ROBERT ROMANKO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1945 – September 27, 1965
Service recordDaniel Robert Romanko, of Avoca, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Avoca, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 96
- HALFORD LOGANPrivate First Class · September 27, 1965
- JESUS ROSA MARIANOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES ELMER PRUITTStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1965
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
From Avoca
- MICHAEL JAMES CLIFFORDSeaman · June 13, 1967
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.