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ELLIS MILLER BAILEY
Captain · U.S. Army
March 17, 1940 – October 11, 1967
Service recordEllis Miller Bailey, of Itasca, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Itasca, Texas (Hill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 87
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES WISCHPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- DENNIS ARTHUR BEUKESpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
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.