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DARL RUSSELL BLOOM
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1933 – November 13, 1964
Service recordDarl Russell Bloom, of Morrisdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 13, 1964, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Jet) (7333)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMCJ 1 MAG 12 1 MAW
- Born
- July 25, 1933
- Home of record
- Morrisdale, Pennsylvania (Clearfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1964
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1964. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 71
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- DANIEL GEORGE DAWSONCaptain · November 6, 1964
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
From Morrisdale
- JOHN RICHARD SHEROKE JRPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
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.