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RICARDO IBRAHIN ROMERO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – April 13, 1969
Service recordRicardo Ibrahin Romero, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 73
- RONALD BRUCE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- HAROLD LEE GREEVERStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1969
- TERRY LEWIS GUMPSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- ROGER WILLIAM HOODCorporal · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KEITH DOBSON ALLEN JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 27W, Line 70
- WILFRED F SCHMIDT JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 78
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.