Romero, Daniel Aaron
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Verified U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Daniel Aaron Romero, 30, of Lafayette, Colorado, was killed in hostile action in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002. He was a member of the 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, Colorado Army Nationa
Their Story
Sergeant First Class Daniel Aaron Romero died on April 15, 2002, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, during the early months of Operation Enduring Freedom. The 30-year-old soldier from Lafayette, Colorado, was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), a Colorado Army National Guard unit based in Watkins.
Romero was part of the U.S.-led coalition effort to dismantle al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban from power following the September 11, 2001, attacks. By April 2002, major combat operations had shifted to the south, with Kandahar remaining a focal point of instability and resistance.
According to U.S. Department of Defense records, his death was the result of hostile action. Specific details of the incident in which he was killed were not widely disclosed in public reports at the time.
His death was among the earlier U.S. combat fatalities in the Afghanistan war, which began with airstrikes on October 7, 2001. Romero was one of 44 American service members killed in Afghanistan in the year 2002.
He is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at the Colorado State Capitol and is listed on the Army Special Operations Command Memorial Wall at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. His name appears on Panel 17E, Line 106 of the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, which honors those who died as a result of the terrorist attacks or subsequent operations.
Explore Further
Operation Enduring Freedom, the initial combat phase in Afghanistan, concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
