RICHARD G ROMERO

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Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 49-E: 7
Department: Imperial County, California, S.O.
End of Watch: October 24, 1988
Cause: HELI
Age: 40
Years of Service: 14
Description: Sergeant Romero, was killed in a helicopter crash during a joint drug interdiction mission. The helicopter snagged on a power line and exploded into a hillside in western Imperial County. Also killed in this incident were Deputy Roy A. Chester, Deputy James McSweeney, Deputy Mark Steven Tonkin, Investigator Michael David Davis and three National Guardsmen.
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