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TIMOTEO FRED ROMERO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1949 – May 28, 1970
Service recordTimoteo Fred Romero, of Taos, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 116
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Taos, New Mexico (Taos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 116
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1970
- ROBERT BROWN ROSHONCorporal · May 28, 1970
- GREGORY WILLIAM SHEELERSergeant · May 28, 1970
- CLAYTON EDWARD SAVOYSergeant First Class · May 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JUSTIN PAUL BRDASergeant · Panel 10W, Line 112
- MICHAEL GENE DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 113
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 116
From Taos
- ANDREW COCALance Corporal · January 14, 1968
- JOHNNY LAWRENCE BACA JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- MANUEL MARTINEZPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
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.