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DUANE CLARK ROMEO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordDuane Clark Romeo, of Apalachin, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 19
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Avionic Communications Equipment Repairer (35L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Apalachin, New York (Tioga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 19
- JAY LEE ROBBINS JRSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- JON PARIS ROBBINSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- HENRY MILLARD ROBINSON JRCorporal · February 23, 1969
- CLARENCE DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · February 23, 1969
From Apalachin
- GARY LEE FAUCETTPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- DUANE ELWOOD CARTERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- ANTHONY NEAL REVAKSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.