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BERNARD PHILLIP BAILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1948 – August 24, 1969
Service recordBernard Phillip Bailey, of Torrance, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 105
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 105
- EDWARD AMBROSEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN ANDERSON JRCorporal · August 24, 1969
- JAMES RUSSELL BEATTYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- JAMES NELSON STEENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY SHEASpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 109
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.