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DONALD RAY BAIR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – February 6, 1967
Service recordDonald Ray Bair, of Harleyville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 126
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Harleyville, South Carolina (Dorchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 126
- EVERETT ARMSTRONGSergeant · February 6, 1967
- SAMUEL W ARRINGTON JRCorporal · February 6, 1967
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL W ARRINGTON JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 126
- SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 126
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 127
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 128
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 129
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 130
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 2
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.