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JAMES DANIEL BAILEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1948 – January 17, 1969
Service recordJames Daniel Bailey, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hendersonville, North Carolina (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 20
- WALTER EDWARD BARNESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- WAYNE FRANKLIN BOLTONLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1969
- CHARLES LILLETON BRIDDELLSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- JAMES WOODROW BRIGHAM JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EDWARD BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 20
- CHARLES LILLETON BRIDDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 20
- RONALD ISAAC CRODYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 21
- JAMES GREGORY DAVISSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 22
- JOSEPH ESCAMILLASergeant · Panel 34W, Line 23
- LEE RUSSELL HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 24
- DENNIS WILLIAM HIPPOSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 24
- ARELINN LEWIS JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 25
From Hendersonville
- ARTHUR WAYNE WILKIESpecialist Four · January 16, 1967
- BILLY LEWIS STRICKLANDCorporal · January 24, 1968
- CHARLES LEE KINGSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY RICHARD MASONWarrant Officer 1 · September 14, 1969
- ROBERT LAMAR JOHNSONSergeant · January 25, 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.