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EDWARD LEON ROMIG
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
June 21, 1941 – June 17, 1966
Service recordEdward Leon Romig, of Havertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 17, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 57
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Naval Flight Officer (1320)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AIRTRANSRON 7 MFTFLD CA
- Born
- June 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Havertown, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “AIRTRANSRON 7 MFTFLD CA”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 57
- GENE KARL HESSStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1966
- CLAIBORNE PARKS MCCALLFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1966
- EDWIN THOMAS OCONNOR JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1966
- GERALD WALTER WARZECHAPrivate First Class · June 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · Panel 8E, Line 55
- CURTIS DAVID COLLETTEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 8E, Line 55
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 8E, Line 56
- STANLEY JON FRENGPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 8E, Line 56
- M J SAVOYAirman · Panel 8E, Line 58
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 8E, Line 58
From Havertown
- ELDRIDGE CHAR AIGELDINGERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- EDWARD JOHN RAFFERTYStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- ALONZO R TOALMajor · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS LOUIS MAGRIESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH WEISSSecond Lieutenant · May 18, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD LEONARDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
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.