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ROBERT EUGENE ROMERO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1948 – December 3, 1969
Service recordRobert Eugene Romero, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 23
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Rock Springs, Wyoming (Sweetwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 23
- WAYNE MARSHALL ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1969
- CALVIN EUGENE THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
- LESLIE ROLAND TRENTStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1969
- MARTIN STEPHEN DOHERTYPetty Officer Third Class · December 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRAZIER THOMAS DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 21
From Rock Springs
- STEPHEN WILLIAM STARKPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES SULLIVAN ROYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
- CANDELARIO PATRICK BUSTOSLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- DONALD WARREN CHIPP JRSergeant · November 12, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
- EMIL MAX MILTNOVICHCorporal · September 25, 1971
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.