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Sgt. Bobby A. Romero, Marine Security Guard (MSG), died on March 1, 1978, in Paris, France. Assigned to the MSG Detachment at U.S. Embassy Paris, he died on duty during a fire at the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris.

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