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LOUIS VINCENT ROMANELLI
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
September 6, 1931 – March 16, 1969
Service recordLouis Vincent Romanelli, of West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 55
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
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 BN 12 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- September 6, 1931
- Home of record
- West Hazleton, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 55
- PHILLIP HADDON MARKSLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- FRANK JOHN JOE MATTERACorporal · March 16, 1969
- RICHARD MARK PEARSALLSergeant · March 16, 1969
- ROLANDO G VILLARREALStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
From West Hazleton
- RICHARD CHARLES BALUKONISCorporal · December 3, 1967
- GEORGE JOHN KENDRASergeant First Class · October 30, 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.