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EVERETTE ROLAND BAILEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 11, 1943 – October 24, 1968
Service recordEverette Roland Bailey, of Georgetown, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · 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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Kentucky (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 26
- DAVID RIELLYPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SHINERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- DENIS LAVERN SIMONEPetty Officer Second Class · October 23, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
From Georgetown
- CHARLES FRANKLIN ALLEN IICaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROGER THOMAS BURROWSLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- HENRY ONEIL WILHOITEFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM BRUINSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- LEO TARLTON THOMAS JRCaptain · December 19, 1971
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.