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BOBBY RAY DAILEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1950 – December 20, 1970
Service recordBobby Ray Dailey, of Livingston, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 134
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Livingston, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 134
- SAZIN DALE FABACHERCorporal · December 20, 1970
- KEITH DANIEL HOLMESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY REMELTS IISpecialist Four · December 20, 1970
- JAMES LEE RITERPetty Officer Third Class · December 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAZIN DALE FABACHERCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 134
- KEITH DANIEL HOLMESSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 134
- WILLIAM HENRY REMELTS IISpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 134
From Livingston
- JOHN JOSEPH SLIFKASpecialist Five · May 15, 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.