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FRED EARL BAILEY
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 11, 1928 – June 5, 1966
Service recordFred Earl Bailey, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 5, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 9
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 11, 1928
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 9
- BENNY THOMAS STOWERSCaptain · May 19, 1966
- GERALD STEEDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- HERSCHEL RUDOLPH WARDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- MARTIN LEE WATKINSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- GARRY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 4, 1966
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RUSSELL JAMES PEEKPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
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.