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DONALD GERALD BAILEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1948 – January 11, 1972
Service recordDonald Gerald Bailey, of Olean, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Olean, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1972. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 103
- GARY WILSON YORKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1972
- PAUL G BASTCaptain · February 1, 1972
- DALE BURTON MOILANENSergeant · February 1, 1972
- CHARLES H STONEMajor · February 2, 1972
- JAMES J CRAWFORDCaptain · February 3, 1972
From Olean
- EDWIN RILEY GOODRICH JRLieutenant Colonel · March 12, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD MONTAGUELieutenant (junior grade) · January 4, 1968
- DANIEL BENEDICT HENRYPetty Officer First Class · January 31, 1968
- JOHN GODFREY JRFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
- CHARLES VAUGHN DUPRESpecialist Four · March 13, 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.