2018 Navy, Marine Corps On-Duty Deaths
By: Sam LaGrone
December 28, 2018 12:09 PM
The following names are those of Marines and sailors who died in 2018 while at sea, in combat or during training accidents, according to USNI News records and Navy and Marine Corps reports.
Cpl. Alejandro Romero, USMC
Bravo Company, 3rd RECON, 3rd MARDIV, III MEF
Jan. 22
Romero, 22, was training at the Multi-Mission Parachute Course in Arizona when his main canopy failed to fully deploy on his the exit from the aircraft.
He was unable to completely cut away the main canopy and his reserve parachute was unable to completely open before he hit the ground, according to an NCIS investigation following the accident. He was evacuated to a nearby hospital and was declared dead an hour after he left the aircraft.
Romero served as a reconnaissance scout with the Okinawa-based 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion.
He was buried in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., after friends and family raised $20,000 to have him buried closer to home, according to a report in The Daily Breeze.
https://news.usni.org/2018/12/28/2018-navy-marine-corps-on-duty-deaths
