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GEORGE EDWARD BAILEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1948 – December 6, 1970
Service recordGeorge Edward Bailey, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 109
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 109
- BILLIE RICHARD STROHLSpecialist Four · December 5, 1970
- ROBERT WILBER TOLER JRStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1970
- STEVEN CRAIG WILLISPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- MICHAEL HADWIN ALSEVERFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 110
- WALTER JOSEPH TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 111
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.