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WALTER DAVID ROMERO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1946 – November 15, 1969
Service recordWalter David Romero, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 82
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 82
- BENEDICT J LINNEN IIISpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
- JOHN JACKLON ROBINSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- DONALD LEE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Five · November 15, 1969
- ADAM WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LLOYD DUCOMMUNSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 78
- FOREST CLAYTON HODGKINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 80
- JOHN ROBERT RANKINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 81
- RICARDO WAYNE REGALADOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 81
- ADAM WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 82
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.