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ROBERT WILLIAM ROMERO
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1942 – April 28, 1968
Service recordRobert William Romero, of San Diego, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- March 12, 1942
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 42
- EDGAR DEWITT PAGESpecialist Six · April 28, 1968
- MILLARD LAMAR PALMERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- MELVIN PRYOR SRSergeant First Class · April 28, 1968
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.