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JAMES HENRY ROMANSKI
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
December 16, 1942 – July 13, 1968
Service recordJames Henry Romanski, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 13, 1968, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 24
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 (1315)
- Born
- December 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 24
- RONALD EDWARD PILLOWCorporal · July 13, 1968
- RAYMOND DOUGLAS ROBINSONPetty Officer Third Class · July 13, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH RONZANISergeant · July 13, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL WOBBEPetty Officer Third Class · July 13, 1968
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.