sergeant romus valton burgin

Sergeant Romus Valton "R.V." Burgin (August 13, 1922 – April 6, 2019) was a United States Marine and American author. As a young man, he served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Burgin was the author of the memoir Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific (with William Marvel). He is portrayed in the HBO miniseries The Pacific by Irish actor Martin McCann. Burgin himself appears as an old man with glasses in documentary footage during the miniseries.