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ANTON D BLOEMHARD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1935 – February 24, 1968
Service recordAnton D Bloemhard, of Great Neck, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 6
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1935
- Home of record
- Great Neck, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 6
- EUGENE CHARLES WIREGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- CARLOS CRUZ AGUIRRELance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM ALLENPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- JOHN THERON BECKPrivate · February 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN C MARTINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 11
- M B WALKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 13
From Great Neck
- THOMAS WESLEY BRITTON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- ARTHUR STEWART MEARNSColonel · November 11, 1966
- KENNETH MICHAEL MONTONESergeant · September 21, 1967
- ISRAEL MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.