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PEDRO ROMERO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1947 – May 10, 1968
Service recordPedro Romero JR, of La Mirada, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- La Mirada, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 14
- JOSEPH ALBERT REICHLIN JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH RICHARDS JRCorporal · May 10, 1968
- JOE ED RILEY JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- JAMES RAY SARGENTLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
From La Mirada
- MIGUEL RAMON BURRIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY HAMMARSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- JOSEPH CRAIG MARTINPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ENCARNASION RODRIGUEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- CHARLES RUPERT TRICKERCorporal · February 27, 1971
- RICHARD NORMAN LEESpecialist Four · June 25, 1971
- SCOTT LEE BIRKETAirman First Class · September 30, 1972
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.