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GERALD WILLIAM BAYLES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1940 – June 1, 1966
Service recordGerald William Bayles, of Indio, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1940
- Home of record
- Indio, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 130
- EMMETT RAYMOND MCDONALDMajor · May 31, 1966
- HAROLD JACOB ZOOKLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- EDWARD STANLEY KOPIKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
From Indio
- TERRY JAMES ALLENPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- WALTER JOHN PETERSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT CHAGOYA LIRAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- DENNIS PATRICK POELSTRASpecialist Four · December 14, 1969
- GERALD BLAINE SINGLETONStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1970
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.