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JAMES ANTHONY BAILEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 20, 1948 – November 20, 1969
Service recordJames Anthony Bailey, of Vincennes, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 97
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Vincennes, Indiana (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 97
- RICHARD EDWIN WALTERSSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1969
- ARDEN DALE ZHESpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT BALDRIDGE JRCaptain · November 20, 1969
- ERIC GEORGE BLANTINWarrant Officer 1 · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JACK CARLUCCISpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 98
- RAYMOND ALLEN CHARTIERPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 98
- WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 99
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 99
- WITHERS THEODORE JACKSONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 100
- PETER KARL MATTHEICorporal · Panel 16W, Line 101
- BRENT HAL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 101
- JOSEPH CRAIG PETERSSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 102
- RODNEY KENT RANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 103
From Vincennes
- BILLY WAYNE HEDGECorporal · November 22, 1965
- ROBERT JAMES ROSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HAYNESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JERRY EARL PRYSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- BRUCE EDGAR STRATECorporal · February 7, 1968
- DICK DALE HAMILTONSergeant First Class · August 21, 1968
- WILLIAM DENNI MCALLISTERFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- JAMES WAYNE BEDELLCorporal · July 7, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW HIGGINSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1969
- CHARLES ALLEN COVEYSpecialist Four · 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.