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GERALD MICHAEL ROMANO
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
March 20, 1942 – June 2, 1965
Service recordGerald Michael Romano, of New York, New York, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 2, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 130
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1355)
- Born
- March 20, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 130
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- WERNER ERHARD LUTZCaptain · June 2, 1965
- THOMAS LEE PLANTSPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.