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THOMAS GILBERT ROMAINE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1949 – April 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Gilbert Romaine, of Saddle Brook, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 77
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Saddle Brook, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 77
- RICHARD ALLAN BROWNEPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- WILLIAM C PIERSON IIIChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 13, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN REMEIKAS JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- LARRY OLIVER ROBBINSPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
From Saddle Brook
- HOWARD STANLEY GOLDBERGPrivate First Class · December 27, 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.