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SAMMY CHACON ROMERO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – November 23, 1968
Service recordSammy Chacon Romero, of Roswell, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 45
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
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 45
- HILARIO MORENOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- DANIEL LYNN NEISWENDERFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1968
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN NIXONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE VERNON BYRDPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 41
From Roswell
- LAVON STEPHEN WILSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- CRESENCIO PAUL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD SHIELDS SIMONSMajor · August 8, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- LARRY PAUL CAMPOSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1966
- JOHN K ADAMSCaptain · March 26, 1967
- TRINE ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HECTOR MARIO SAENZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
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.