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RONALD KEITH BLOOM
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 24, 1950 – January 3, 1969
Service recordRonald Keith Bloom, of Lakewood, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Lakewood, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 24
- PETER BINSTOCK JRCorporal · January 3, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE BROWNSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- GLENN EDWARD CASESpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- ERNEST DEAN DODSONSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENN EDWARD CASESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 24
- FREDDY THOMAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 31
From Lakewood
- LARRY DOUGLAS STICEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- DAVID PAUL STARKCorporal · March 25, 1968
- DUANE FRANK HORGANLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID LEO SPARKSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- RANDY LEE OWENSFireman · July 31, 1969
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.