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RONALD NORMAN BLOOM
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1946 – August 2, 1968
Service recordRonald Norman Bloom, of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Clearfield, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 48
- RONALD CHARLES BAKEWELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- RICHARD IRVING BORNHEIMERSpecialist Five · August 2, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD CLOUGHPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- DAVID CHAUNCEY CRANELance Corporal · August 2, 1968
From Clearfield
- JOSEPH R NATOLISecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- REMBRANDT CECIL ROBINSONRear Admiral · May 8, 1972
- CHARLES F SCOTTCaptain · November 27, 1973
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.