The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Cristobal Romo
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 31 INF 7 DIV
Date of Death
December 12, 1950
Corporal Romo was a 57mm recoilless rifleman with the 4th Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On December 1, 1950, his unit was overrun near Hudong-ni, North Korea. He was last seen on December 1, 1950 and was listed as Missing in Action on December 12, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. CPL Romo's remains were recovered 2004 and identified in 2013; he is interred at Riverside National Cemetery H