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JAMES ALBERT BAILEY
Chief Warrant Officer 4 · U.S. Army
February 11, 1928 – October 10, 1970
Service recordJames Albert Bailey, of Grove City, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 122
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1928
- Home of record
- Grove City, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1970
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 122
- DALLAS ALAN DRIVERSergeant · October 9, 1969
- JIMMY RAY GARBETTSergeant · October 9, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1970
- EDWARD BERNARD IWASKOSergeant · October 10, 1970
From Grove City
- RICHARD BRUCE SPENCECorporal · January 11, 1970
- RALPH OLIVER MURPHY IIICorporal · May 10, 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.