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DERWIN MICHAEL BAILEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 17, 1948 – November 4, 1969
Service recordDerwin Michael Bailey, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 26
- TERRY LANIER ALFORDChief Warrant Officer 3 · November 4, 1969
- JOHN STEVEN ANDERSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1969
- RICHARD GENE BAUERSpecialist Five · November 4, 1969
- JAMES CLARKE BEAVERCorporal · November 4, 1969
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.