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KENNETH DEAN BAILEY
Captain · U.S. Army
December 5, 1942 – March 22, 1969
Service recordKenneth Dean Bailey, of Burlington, Vermont, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 7
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Burlington, Vermont (Chittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 7
- CARL RICHARD WILSON JRSecond Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
- DONALD RAY ALEXANDERSergeant · March 22, 1969
- RICHARD WILBUR ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BALDWINCaptain · March 22, 1969
From Burlington
- JOHN WILTON VANDEVENTERFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD AUSTIN MCKENZIEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- LOUIS WELDON WASHINGTONPrivate · October 26, 1968
- BERNARD FREDRICK RITCHIELance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- LEROY RUTHERFORDCorporal · September 3, 1969
- HARMON JOSEPH BOVE JRCorporal · March 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.