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RICHARD JAMES ROMESSER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – December 26, 1969
Service recordRichard James Romesser, of North Java, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 95
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- North Java, New York (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 95
- EARL GENE LEACHCorporal · December 26, 1969
- VINCENT OWEN MCCANN JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
- HARVEY R MCCONAUGHEAD JRPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
- E J WELCH JRTechnical Sergeant · December 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MICHAEL BOLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 92
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.