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MICHAEL ANDREW ROMERO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1948 – March 15, 1970
Service recordMichael Andrew Romero, of Sells, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 1
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)
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Sells, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 1
- EDDIE SAM RANDALL JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- HAROLD OWEN RICHARDSONSergeant · March 15, 1970
- ROBERT DAVID WALDENCaptain · March 15, 1970
- FLOYD DEAN WEBBERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1970
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.