Gerald M. Bloomfield II, 38

Based in California

Marines, Major
Based: Camp Pendleton
Marine Light-Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: November 2, 2005
Ramadi (near), Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Ypsilanti, Mich.

Bloomfield was one of two Marines killed when their Super Cobra helicopter was shot down by a shoulder-fired enemy rocket while flying in support of security and stabilization operations near Ramadi, west of Baghdad.