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ROBERT ANTHONY ROMERO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1948 – July 27, 1968
Service recordRobert Anthony Romero, of Douglas, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 20
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Douglas, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 20
- WARD KARL PATTONPetty Officer First Class · July 27, 1968
- ROY EDWIN PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
- CHESTER MICHAEL RENCEVICZLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- THOMAS MILTON ROLANDPetty Officer Third Class · July 27, 1968
From Douglas
- JOSE LUIS MORENOSergeant · August 28, 1966
- ANTONIO MONTANO SALINASPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- GEORGE ROJAS YCOCOSeaman · November 24, 1967
- MARK AUGUST LAMPRECHTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- JORGE ALVARADO SILVASSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- GERONIMO LOPEZ GRIJALVAPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- RENE MEDEGUARIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD PARTONCorporal · July 4, 1972
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.