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JAMES ALVIN BAILEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 26, 1947 – January 6, 1968
Service recordJames Alvin Bailey, of Rydal, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Rydal, Georgia (Bartow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 55
- WILLIAM J ADAMSSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- TROY CLEVELAND BATTLESPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HILLEYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLEN CROSBYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 56
- ROY VICTOR WIEGANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 62
- PETER ALLEN ZANCAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 62
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.