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EULALIO ARTURO ROMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 8, 1946 – March 18, 1968
Service recordEulalio Arturo Roman, of Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 28
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- WAYNE PAUL REEVESPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAUDE ROBERTSLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- FRANK MILAN ROSS JRStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
From Paterson
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · November 8, 1965
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS MEADPetty Officer Third Class · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.