Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Clinton LaVor Romesha Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Company A, 2nd Battalion, 72rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division; 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; Company B, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
- Location of Service: Fort Knox, Kentucky; Germany; Korea; Kosovo; Fort Carson, Colorado; Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan; Kamdesh District, Afghanistan; Iraq
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/106210
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About this Item
Title
- Clinton LaVor Romesha Collection
Names
- Wilkerson, Thomas L.
- unknown interviewer
- Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation (CMOH)
- Romesha, Clinton LaVor
Home State
- North Dakota
Headings
- - Romesha, Clinton LaVor
- - Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
- - Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Afghan War, 2001-
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; Company B, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
- Location of Service: Fort Knox, Kentucky; Germany; Korea; Kosovo; Fort Carson, Colorado; Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan; Kamdesh District, Afghanistan
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1999-2011
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran earned the Medal of Honor for his service on 10/03/2009 at Combat Outpost Keating in the Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province in Eastern Afghanistan.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Company A, 2nd Battalion, 72rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
- Location of Service: Iraq
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Video: Digital File [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2014-03-29; 2016-12-22)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2014-03-29)
- Computer File: Hard Drive [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files (collected 2017-03-28)
- Video: Digital File [ item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2014-03-29; 2016-12-13)
- Video: Digital File [ item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2016-12-09)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/106210
Cite as
- Clinton LaVor Romesha Collection (AFC/2001/001/106210), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- online text
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Part of
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan
- Fort Carson, Colorado
- Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Germany
- Iraq
- Kamdesh District, Afghanistan
- Korea
- Kosovo
Battles & Campaigns
Service Unit
- 1st Battalion
- 1st Infantry Division
- 2d Brigade
- 2nd Battalion
- 2nd Infantry Division
- 3rd Squadron
- 4th Brigade Combat Team
- 4th Infantry Division
- 61st Cavalry Regiment
- 63rd Armor Regiment
- 72rd Armor Regiment
- Company a
- Company B