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JOHN SPENCER BAILEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1944 – July 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Spencer Bailey JR, of Glasgow, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Glasgow, Kentucky (Barren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 33
- RONALD FREDERICK WILDERSergeant · July 21, 1969
- DENNIS STEWART CABESpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- DAVID LAMAR ELRODLance Corporal · July 22, 1969
- BERNARDINO FRANCIS GENCHIWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 1969
From Glasgow
- MURREL D THOMASStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1965
- STEPHEN EVANS THOMASSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD KIRNSergeant · March 16, 1967
- ALBERT DOUGLAS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- WARDELL LESTER ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS COMPTONSpecialist Five · October 11, 1968
- REX DOUGLAS HARLOWCorporal · June 30, 1969
- EDWARD LEO KINGREYSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
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.