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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Victor Munoz Roman.

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VICTOR MUNOZ ROMAN

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

July 22, 1945 – June 28, 1969

Service record

Victor Munoz Roman, of Deming, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 21W · Line 28

Position of Panel 21W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
Unit (as recorded)
C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
Born
July 22, 1945
Home of record
Deming, New Mexico (Luna County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 28, 1969
Age
23
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

16 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 21W, Line 28

From Deming

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.