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RICHARD ROMERO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1947 – March 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Romero, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 40
- TODD ARTHUR HANDYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- GEORGE FRANCIS ROBILOTTOPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- DANA HYLAND ROESNERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RONALD LANDON SALVANIPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID NOEL HILLCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 33
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.