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ROBERTO ANDRESS ROMERO
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 20, 1948 – January 29, 1969
Service recordRoberto Andress Romero, of Fremont, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 17
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- SAMUEL RODRIQUEZPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- BILLY JOE SIMMONSSergeant · January 29, 1969
- REYNALDO SOZASpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
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.