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JERRY ROBERT BLOOMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1939 – September 12, 1966
Service recordJerry Robert Bloomer, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Metal Worker (44B)
- Born
- July 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 88
- CHARLES RAYMOND CROSLEYLance Corporal · September 12, 1966
- DAVID ROSS FAULCONERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- DAVID PAUL KUHNSWarrant Officer 1 · September 12, 1966
- DANNY L NAILLONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- CARMAN KEETON HICKSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
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.