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WILLIAM ROSS ROMANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1946 – October 12, 1965
Service recordWilliam Ross Romano, of Lombard, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 119
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Lombard, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 119
- VICTOR RALPH PARKERPrivate · October 11, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- NESTOR LORENZO ARGENZIOSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
Same unit, same day
- NESTOR LORENZO ARGENZIOSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 119
- CHARLES FRANKLIN KANE JRCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 120
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 121
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · Panel 2E, Line 121
From Lombard
- RICHARD PHILLIP ROBBLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1965
- DIETER HANS BURGERStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1967
- CHARLES DENNIS PEKNYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
- WILLIAM PERRY LYONSSpecialist Four · July 4, 1970
- THOMAS FOREST HERRINGCorporal · December 17, 1970
- JOHN SIMMONS WEAVERCorporal · January 16, 1971
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.