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MICHAEL STEPHEN ROMANO
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1943 – January 25, 1968
Service recordMichael Stephen Romano, of Yorktown Heights, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 34
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. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Headquarters Company Commander (2900)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Yorktown Heights, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 34
- EARL ADELBERT MAILLOUXCorporal · January 25, 1968
- JOHNSON MARCUS MILLIGANWarrant Officer 1 · January 25, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY MILLSLance Corporal · January 25, 1968
- JULIUS WILLIAM MORRIS JRSpecialist Five · January 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS GARY GERCZ JRMajor · Panel 35E, Line 32
- KENNETH ROBERT TRIERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 35
From Yorktown Heights
- DANIEL THOMAS NUTLYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- STEPHEN SCOTT SMITHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- LOUIS VINCENT SUPINOStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT MURPHYLance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- CRAIG NICHOLAS BARRYSergeant · April 11, 1970
- SEWALL KENT LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · November 6, 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.