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PORFIRIO ROMERO-PEREZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1950 – August 3, 1970
Service recordPorfirio Romero-Perez, of Salinas, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Salinas, Puerto Rico (Salinas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 80
- JOHN BERNARD PROFFITSergeant · August 3, 1970
- KIRK LESLIE RAUCHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
- ROBERT DALE SPENCERSergeant · August 3, 1970
- FRED DELL STORYPrivate First Class · August 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FINNEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 78
- KIRK LESLIE RAUCHSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 80
From Salinas
- JESUS EFRAIN LEON-DESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- JOSE BRENES-ESCOBARPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- RUBEN MARTINEZ-ZAYASCorporal · August 26, 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.