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JOHN ROGER ROMO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1949 – August 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Roger Romo, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 104
- JUAN LEON GUERRERE DUENASStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1969
- KENNETH EDWIN SINGERCorporal · August 23, 1969
- JIMMY JOE TENORIOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN VEVERASpecialist Four · August 23, 1969
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.