Gerald M. Bloomfield II
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Age: 38
From: Ypsilanti, Mich.
Assigned to the Marine Light-Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. attached to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II MEF (Forward)
Incident: Marine Maj. Gerald M. Bloomfield II was killed Nov. 2 when his AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed while flying in support of security and stabilization operations near Ramadi, Iraq. Also
Died: November 02, 2005
Michigan Marine killed in helicopter crash in Iraq
Associated Press
YPSILANTI, Mich. — A 38-year-old Marine pilot from Michigan and his co-pilot from Virginia were killed when their helicopter crashed near Ramadi, Iraq, the Pentagon and family members say.
Maj. Gerald M. Bloomfield II of Ypsilanti and Capt. Michael Martino, 32, of Fairfax, Va., were aboard an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter that crashed Wednesday, the Defense Department said in a news release.
Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed Thursday that it shot down a U.S. attack helicopter near Ramadi.
The helicopter crashed during daylong fighting Wednesday in the insurgent stronghold 70 miles west of Baghdad. Besides the two crewmen, an American lieutenant died when a bomb exploded as he was rushing to the crash site.
The authenticity of the statement could not be determined. It appeared on an Islamic Web site and bore the nickname of the group’s spokesman, Abu...
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Prayers & Messages
Please embrace with all Your love and mercy the soul of this brave soldier, , and comfort him with Your Divine Presence.
Bless his heart and keep his family in Your Hands, Guard them and comfort them.
Amen