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DENNIS MICHAEL BAILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1949 – August 19, 1970
Service recordDennis Michael Bailey, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 123
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 2, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 123
- GARY WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · August 18, 1970
- JIMMY RONALD WALTONStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD ANTHONYSpecialist Four · August 19, 1970
- ROBERT LESLIE BROWNLance Corporal · August 19, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.