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GEORGE LEROY BAILEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 25, 1946 – December 30, 1968
Service recordGeorge Leroy Bailey, of New Sharon, Maine, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 25, 1946
- Home of record
- New Sharon, Maine (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 7
- WILLIAM SYLVESTER DEBOERFirst Lieutenant · December 29, 1968
- HENRY JAMES WILLIAM TEWSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 29, 1968
- FARL DUANE WAGNERSergeant · December 29, 1968
- WALTER CURTIS BLACK JRCorporal · December 30, 1968
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.