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DONALD HUGH BLOOMER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1948 – April 1, 1970
Service recordDonald Hugh Bloomer, of Kelso, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 65
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Kelso, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; 27 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 65
- ROCCO JERRY DEMERCURIOPrivate First Class · July 13, 1969
- WILLIAM ROSS BONDBrigadier General · April 1, 1970
- THOMAS RAY BOWENPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- CLEAVELAND FLOYD BRIDGMANFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- JAMES COOK CARLINCorporal · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CRAIG PYPER FIELDINGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 67
- FLOYD DALE KETELSSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 73
- JOSE LUIS QUINONESSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 74
From Kelso
- ALBERT HEUGH SMITHStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- DALE LYNN KRUSEPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1968
- KEITH OLSENSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- WILLIAM DALE SECORSergeant · July 2, 1970
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.