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NICHOLAS ANTHONY ROMANO
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 18, 1926 – July 1, 1968
Service recordNicholas Anthony Romano, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 29
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1926
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 29
- JIM ROY GONZALESSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- WILLIAM WALTER HESTERPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE HICKMANChief Petty Officer · July 1, 1968
- BERNARD HOLLIDAYSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FLOYD BURNHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 27
- WILLIAM BRADFORD EOFF JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54W, Line 28
- MORRIS EDWARD OSTRANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 32
- ROBERT LAWRENCE PULSSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 32
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
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.