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FLOYD CLARK BAILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordFloyd Clark Bailey, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 20
- GARRY RONALD ELLERMANSergeant · May 11, 1968
- OLLIE CURTIS FREEMANCorporal · May 11, 1968
- OSCAR CONANDO GALLEGOSStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- RONALD DAVIS GALPINCorporal · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES KENNETH ALLESSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 18
- JAMES GILBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 19
- JAMES STEWART HAYCaptain · Panel 58E, Line 22
- JAMES WALLACE HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 22
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.