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RICHARD MCAULIFFE BLOOM
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1942 – September 20, 1966
Service recordRichard McAuliffe Bloom, of San Francisco, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmf (7302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 224 MAG 12 1 MAW
- Born
- September 5, 1942
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMA 224 MAG 12 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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 10E, Line 123
- ANDREW WINTER YOUNGKIN JRLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES JOSEPH BLANCOSergeant · September 20, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BRANNENPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JAMES MCKENZIE CLARKLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.