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MICHAEL ROMANO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 24, 1947 – November 3, 1967
Service recordMichael Romano JR, of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Ridgefield Park, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 17
- JAMES EMIL PAVLICEK JRFirst Lieutenant · November 3, 1967
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- RICHARD WELLS SANDIFERPetty Officer First Class · November 3, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 17
From Ridgefield Park
- RICHARD LEONARD BOLTZPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH LEDONNEPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT ALVANDR CUCCINELLIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- JAMES DONALD DORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES HOFFMANNSergeant · June 3, 1969
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.