Corp. Romo's Final Resting
Veterans Riverside National Cemetery.
The Department of the Army Service Casualty Office notified the family on October 31, 2013 that the remains of Corporal Cristobal Romo, missing from the Korean War, had been identified and would be returned to his family for burial. He was accounted for by the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) on January 13, 2014. Cpl. Cristobal Romo, 19, of San Diego, California, will be buried with full military honors on 22 March 2014 at the Veterans Riverside National Cemetery.
Army Cpl. Cristobal Romo, a member of 4th Platoon, Company Love, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was one of approximately 2,542 U.S. and 715 South Korean soldiers hastily assembled on 24 November 1950 into the 31st Regimental Combat Team at Pukch'ong, North Korea. The 31st RCT mission was to relieve the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir and protect the right flank of the 1st Marine Division as it advanced up the west side of the reservoir to the Manchurian border.
Arriving in the eastern shore of the Chosin Reservoir in the late afternoon of 27 November, elements of the 31st RCT had just settled along the Pungnyuri River Inlet when Chinese Communist Forces attacked on the late night hours of 27 November 1950. From 27 November to 1 December 1950, with night temperatures at times dropping to minus 30 degrees, two and half Divisions from the Chinese People's Liberation Army encircled and attempted to overrun the 31st RCT position. As the battle continued, remnants of the 31st RCT on 1 December began a fighting withdrawal south to the 1st Marine Division supply base six miles away at Hagaru-ri. Cpl. Cristobal Romo was last seen alive by his Platoon Sergeant in the vicinity of Hudong-ni as the 31st RCT column was being annihilated one mile and half from Hagaru-ri by overwhelming Chinese Communist Forces.
Cpl. Cristobal Romo was reported Missing In Action on 12 December 1950 during the 31st Infantry Regiment muster in Hamhung, North Korea and the Department of the Army officially declared him dead on December 31, 1953. In September of 2004, during a U. S. Joint Recovery Operation with elements of the North Korean People's Army, remains were recovered from a burial site near the village of Twikkae on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir. These human remains were repatriated to the POW/MIA Accounting Command Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii. In the identification of one individual fragment, the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA – which matched Cristobal's sister and nephew.
It took five nights for the men of the 31st RCT to fight for their lives and it took five decades to fight for their honor. Eventually, released Chinese documents and research by historians convinced the Marine Corps that the 31st RCT had fought bravely and performed well given the circumstances. In recognition of the heroic efforts of the 31st RCT in 14 September 1999, the Secretary of the Navy authorized the Army 31st Regimental Combat Team units to be included in the 1st Marine Division Navy Presidential Unit Citation awarded in December 1950.
DPMO 2014
Cpl. Cristobal Romo, U.S. Army, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost Dec. 12, 1950, in North Korea. He was accounted for Jan. 13, 2014. He will be buried with full military honors in Riverside, Calif., March 22, 2014.
Veterans Riverside National Cemetery.
The Department of the Army Service Casualty Office notified the family on October 31, 2013 that the remains of Corporal Cristobal Romo, missing from the Korean War, had been identified and would be returned to his family for burial. He was accounted for by the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) on January 13, 2014. Cpl. Cristobal Romo, 19, of San Diego, California, will be buried with full military honors on 22 March 2014 at the Veterans Riverside National Cemetery.
Army Cpl. Cristobal Romo, a member of 4th Platoon, Company Love, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was one of approximately 2,542 U.S. and 715 South Korean soldiers hastily assembled on 24 November 1950 into the 31st Regimental Combat Team at Pukch'ong, North Korea. The 31st RCT mission was to relieve the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir and protect the right flank of the 1st Marine Division as it advanced up the west side of the reservoir to the Manchurian border.
Arriving in the eastern shore of the Chosin Reservoir in the late afternoon of 27 November, elements of the 31st RCT had just settled along the Pungnyuri River Inlet when Chinese Communist Forces attacked on the late night hours of 27 November 1950. From 27 November to 1 December 1950, with night temperatures at times dropping to minus 30 degrees, two and half Divisions from the Chinese People's Liberation Army encircled and attempted to overrun the 31st RCT position. As the battle continued, remnants of the 31st RCT on 1 December began a fighting withdrawal south to the 1st Marine Division supply base six miles away at Hagaru-ri. Cpl. Cristobal Romo was last seen alive by his Platoon Sergeant in the vicinity of Hudong-ni as the 31st RCT column was being annihilated one mile and half from Hagaru-ri by overwhelming Chinese Communist Forces.
Cpl. Cristobal Romo was reported Missing In Action on 12 December 1950 during the 31st Infantry Regiment muster in Hamhung, North Korea and the Department of the Army officially declared him dead on December 31, 1953. In September of 2004, during a U. S. Joint Recovery Operation with elements of the North Korean People's Army, remains were recovered from a burial site near the village of Twikkae on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir. These human remains were repatriated to the POW/MIA Accounting Command Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii. In the identification of one individual fragment, the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA – which matched Cristobal's sister and nephew.
It took five nights for the men of the 31st RCT to fight for their lives and it took five decades to fight for their honor. Eventually, released Chinese documents and research by historians convinced the Marine Corps that the 31st RCT had fought bravely and performed well given the circumstances. In recognition of the heroic efforts of the 31st RCT in 14 September 1999, the Secretary of the Navy authorized the Army 31st Regimental Combat Team units to be included in the 1st Marine Division Navy Presidential Unit Citation awarded in December 1950.
DPMO 2014
Cpl. Cristobal Romo, U.S. Army, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost Dec. 12, 1950, in North Korea. He was accounted for Jan. 13, 2014. He will be buried with full military honors in Riverside, Calif., March 22, 2014.
Corp. Romo's Final Resting
Veterans Riverside National Cemetery.
The Department of the Army Service Casualty Office notified the family on October 31, 2013 that the remains of Corporal Cristobal Romo, missing from the Korean War, had been identified and would be returned to his family for burial. He was accounted for by the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) on January 13, 2014. Cpl. Cristobal Romo, 19, of San Diego, California, will be buried with full military honors on 22 March 2014 at the Veterans Riverside National Cemetery.
Army Cpl. Cristobal Romo, a member of 4th Platoon, Company Love, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was one of approximately 2,542 U.S. and 715 South Korean soldiers hastily assembled on 24 November 1950 into the 31st Regimental Combat Team at Pukch'ong, North Korea. The 31st RCT mission was to relieve the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir and protect the right flank of the 1st Marine Division as it advanced up the west side of the reservoir to the Manchurian border.
Arriving in the eastern shore of the Chosin Reservoir in the late afternoon of 27 November, elements of the 31st RCT had just settled along the Pungnyuri River Inlet when Chinese Communist Forces attacked on the late night hours of 27 November 1950. From 27 November to 1 December 1950, with night temperatures at times dropping to minus 30 degrees, two and half Divisions from the Chinese People's Liberation Army encircled and attempted to overrun the 31st RCT position. As the battle continued, remnants of the 31st RCT on 1 December began a fighting withdrawal south to the 1st Marine Division supply base six miles away at Hagaru-ri. Cpl. Cristobal Romo was last seen alive by his Platoon Sergeant in the vicinity of Hudong-ni as the 31st RCT column was being annihilated one mile and half from Hagaru-ri by overwhelming Chinese Communist Forces.
Cpl. Cristobal Romo was reported Missing In Action on 12 December 1950 during the 31st Infantry Regiment muster in Hamhung, North Korea and the Department of the Army officially declared him dead on December 31, 1953. In September of 2004, during a U. S. Joint Recovery Operation with elements of the North Korean People's Army, remains were recovered from a burial site near the village of Twikkae on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir. These human remains were repatriated to the POW/MIA Accounting Command Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii. In the identification of one individual fragment, the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA – which matched Cristobal's sister and nephew.
It took five nights for the men of the 31st RCT to fight for their lives and it took five decades to fight for their honor. Eventually, released Chinese documents and research by historians convinced the Marine Corps that the 31st RCT had fought bravely and performed well given the circumstances. In recognition of the heroic efforts of the 31st RCT in 14 September 1999, the Secretary of the Navy authorized the Army 31st Regimental Combat Team units to be included in the 1st Marine Division Navy Presidential Unit Citation awarded in December 1950.
DPMO 2014
Cpl. Cristobal Romo, U.S. Army, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost Dec. 12, 1950, in North Korea. He was accounted for Jan. 13, 2014. He will be buried with full military honors in Riverside, Calif., March 22, 2014.
Veterans Riverside National Cemetery.
The Department of the Army Service Casualty Office notified the family on October 31, 2013 that the remains of Corporal Cristobal Romo, missing from the Korean War, had been identified and would be returned to his family for burial. He was accounted for by the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) on January 13, 2014. Cpl. Cristobal Romo, 19, of San Diego, California, will be buried with full military honors on 22 March 2014 at the Veterans Riverside National Cemetery.
Army Cpl. Cristobal Romo, a member of 4th Platoon, Company Love, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was one of approximately 2,542 U.S. and 715 South Korean soldiers hastily assembled on 24 November 1950 into the 31st Regimental Combat Team at Pukch'ong, North Korea. The 31st RCT mission was to relieve the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir and protect the right flank of the 1st Marine Division as it advanced up the west side of the reservoir to the Manchurian border.
Arriving in the eastern shore of the Chosin Reservoir in the late afternoon of 27 November, elements of the 31st RCT had just settled along the Pungnyuri River Inlet when Chinese Communist Forces attacked on the late night hours of 27 November 1950. From 27 November to 1 December 1950, with night temperatures at times dropping to minus 30 degrees, two and half Divisions from the Chinese People's Liberation Army encircled and attempted to overrun the 31st RCT position. As the battle continued, remnants of the 31st RCT on 1 December began a fighting withdrawal south to the 1st Marine Division supply base six miles away at Hagaru-ri. Cpl. Cristobal Romo was last seen alive by his Platoon Sergeant in the vicinity of Hudong-ni as the 31st RCT column was being annihilated one mile and half from Hagaru-ri by overwhelming Chinese Communist Forces.
Cpl. Cristobal Romo was reported Missing In Action on 12 December 1950 during the 31st Infantry Regiment muster in Hamhung, North Korea and the Department of the Army officially declared him dead on December 31, 1953. In September of 2004, during a U. S. Joint Recovery Operation with elements of the North Korean People's Army, remains were recovered from a burial site near the village of Twikkae on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir. These human remains were repatriated to the POW/MIA Accounting Command Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii. In the identification of one individual fragment, the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA – which matched Cristobal's sister and nephew.
It took five nights for the men of the 31st RCT to fight for their lives and it took five decades to fight for their honor. Eventually, released Chinese documents and research by historians convinced the Marine Corps that the 31st RCT had fought bravely and performed well given the circumstances. In recognition of the heroic efforts of the 31st RCT in 14 September 1999, the Secretary of the Navy authorized the Army 31st Regimental Combat Team units to be included in the 1st Marine Division Navy Presidential Unit Citation awarded in December 1950.
DPMO 2014
Cpl. Cristobal Romo, U.S. Army, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost Dec. 12, 1950, in North Korea. He was accounted for Jan. 13, 2014. He will be buried with full military honors in Riverside, Calif., March 22, 2014.
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