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BOBBY LEE BAILEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1949 – July 15, 1970
Service recordBobby Lee Bailey, of Biloxi, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Biloxi, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 19
- KEITH EDWARD UTTERCorporal · July 14, 1970
- JOHN PATRICK BARTONEWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- HARRISON BELLSpecialist Five · July 15, 1970
- DENNIS EUGENE CLARKLance Corporal · July 15, 1970
From Biloxi
- LOUIS DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- DANNIEL NETTER JRCorporal · October 8, 1967
- TIMOTHY LEE ODELLPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- CALVIN EDWARD YOUNGStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1968
- ARTHUR LAWRENCE PAPALEWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1969
- JOHN ALFRED FELSHERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- ARDEN DALE ZHESpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLERCorporal · March 18, 1970
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.