Roll of Honor
Incident
Game Warden Delbert Bloom and a department biologist were killed in an airplane crash in Chouteau County while conducting a goose survey. The Piper Subercub that Warden Bloom was piloting struck several trees and crashed approximately 500 yards from the Marias River. Their bodies were recovered from the wreckage the following day after an aerial search located the crash site.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Game Warden Bloom served with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Thank you for your service to the Helena community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Game Warden Bloom.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Game Warden Delbert E. Bloom is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In MT, 34 of 142 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.9% of this state's fallen. That is 23.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 5 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 62.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Delbert E. Bloom's cause is highlighted.
How Delbert E. Bloom Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Delbert E. Bloom is highlighted in Jun.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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