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LAWRENCE CLIFFORD BLOOM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 28, 1947 – January 26, 1968
Service recordLawrence Clifford Bloom, of Exeter, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Exeter, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 36
- GEORGE RAYMOND WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- LAWRENCE DEAN WILLIAMSSergeant · January 25, 1968
- ROGER LEROY BEAMSpecialist Five · January 26, 1968
- JOHN ARNOLD BRISCOELance Corporal · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAMS FOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 37
- TERRY DEAN FINCHCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 39
- JIMMY LEROY JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 40
From Exeter
- GREGORY A LEIGHTONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1966
- PAUL JOSEPH CAMIRELance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- RONALD NORMAN KELLERPetty Officer Third Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN LAWRENCE HOGANFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1971
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.