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CARROLL JAMES BAILEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1948 – October 26, 1968
Service recordCarroll James Bailey, of Morganton, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 36
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Morganton, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 36
- TERRY HOYTE BATESSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY CARSTENSFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAN AVERY ELKINSCorporal · October 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEE PERRYSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 38
- WILLIAM GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 39
From Morganton
- RALPH NATHANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- CARL AVERY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1965
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- GARRY GLENN TALLENTLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DAVID BAKERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- LEE ROY LANIERSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS AVERYCaptain · May 3, 1968
- EARNEST TAYLOR FREEMANSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 27, 1969
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
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.