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JOHN EDWARD BAILEY
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 11, 1936 – May 10, 1966
Service recordJohn Edward Bailey, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 10, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 44
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 44
- CHARLES KENNETH MORAN JRLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- LARKIN MCDONALD BEGGS JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE COATESPrivate · May 10, 1966
- MARVIN HOMER DAVISPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 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.