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ROBERT ALLEN ROMO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordRobert Allen Romo, of Rialto, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Rialto, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 16
- THOMAS O REYNASergeant · May 2, 1968
- MARK JOSEPH ROMANPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ALLEN DUANE ROWLESSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- ROBERTO SANCHEZLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 2
- EARNEST WAYNE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 2
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 4
- EUGENE FRANKLINPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 7
- RICHARD MULROY GALLERYCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 7
- EDWARD F GUTHRIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 9
- JOHNNY MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 12
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MORSESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 12
- LARRY CHARLES SCHWEBKESpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 17
- PIERRE LEROY SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 18
- THOMAS MICHAEL WALKERCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 20
From Rialto
- CARL MERLIN GEBHART JRCorporal · April 30, 1966
- CLIFFORD EDWARD HAKESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT STERLING MUMMERTSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- GAYLORD EUGENE NOOTZSecond Lieutenant · July 12, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN GUTHRIESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- TOBY WINDFIELD STREETFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1969
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- GARLIN JERIS HENDERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- RICHARD PAUL COXPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.