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HERIBERTO ROMERO-OYOLA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1942 – February 25, 1967
Service recordHeriberto Romero-Oyola, of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico (Trujillo Alto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 91
- WILLIAM J FRANKSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD HASSLER JRCorporal · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE KARRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1967
- GLOVER AUSTIN PEELER IIIStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM AYRE COGGESHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 88
- LEON DELBERT ECKHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 88
From Trujillo Alto
- REINALDO ZAYAS-CASTROSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
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.