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KENNETH NORMAN BAILEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1951 – April 5, 1970
Service recordKenneth Norman Bailey JR, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 95
- LAWRENCE CARROLL BIGELOWSergeant · April 5, 1970
- DAVID RUSSELL BORZYCHSergeant · April 5, 1970
- PAUL MATTHEW CAHILLSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- CLARENCE JASPER CARSON JRCorporal · April 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WINSTON CHARLES WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 99
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 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.