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WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1946 – May 9, 1966
Service recordWilliam Robert Romack, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 AMTRAC BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 43
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- FERNANDO OLIVAS MESQUITAPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DICKIE DAVIS TRINKLERSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- HERBERT NORMAN ADAMSSpecialist Five · May 10, 1966
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS DESMOND LANMANSpecialist Four · September 17, 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.