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TERRY LEE BLOOMER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 31, 1948 – September 3, 1968
Service recordTerry Lee Bloomer, of Pekin, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 30
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Pekin, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 30
- MANLEY GLEN WALKERLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR AKIN JRPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 1968
- GEORGE JOHN BELANCINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1968
From Pekin
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · May 18, 1966
- JOHN W CLAYTONCaptain · November 20, 1966
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- LARRY GENE ASBRIDGECorporal · August 12, 1967
- RAMON ARTHUR MEEKERLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN SPURLOCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · May 7, 1968
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CALVIN FRANKLIN BUTTERFIELDPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
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.