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JAMES EDWIN BAILEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1928 – September 4, 1964
Service recordJames Edwin Bailey, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- April 28, 1928
- Home of record
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1964
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1964. In September 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 63
- WILLIAM R PATIENCE JRSergeant First Class · August 21, 1964
- JOHN BERNARD MCLAUGHLINCaptain · August 27, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- RICHARD THOMAS LYNCHCaptain · September 10, 1964
From Bartlesville
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- JAY ANDERSON MITCHELLCaptain · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN DIEHL JRLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1967
- JACK MILTON SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1967
- RICHARD HOWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- BRUCE ANTHONY LYNCHLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES OSBORNSergeant · December 23, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- JOHN DELBERT STARRETTSergeant · October 4, 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.