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JAMES RAY BAILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1945 – December 9, 1965
Service recordJames Ray Bailey, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 2
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN RICHTSTEIGMajor · December 8, 1965
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- ODIN EDGAR SORENSENChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- BENNY BOB COESpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 4
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 5
- DONALD W VINCENTSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 5
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.