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JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1930 – February 2, 1966
Service recordJesse Thomas Bailey JR, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 132
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1930
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 132
- RICHARD SMITHCorporal · August 24, 1965
- CRAIG SLADE BLACKNERCaptain · February 2, 1966
- JOHN IRWIN CAMERONAirman First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT DUSBABEKPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- SIDNEY JOHN ELYEASpecialist Four · February 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 133
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
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.