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LARRY WILLIAM BAILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – October 2, 1966
Service recordLarry William Bailey, of St Marys, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- St Marys, Georgia (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 34
- WILLIAM LEROY STUBBEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- EDWARD ANTHONY URIBEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- RODRICK PIUS WHALENPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- JOHN DUTRA ANDRADESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWIN BEGLINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 35
- JIMMIE DELL GRAYSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 35
- LOUIS EDWARD HADDOCK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 36
- DUNCAN ALEXANDER MACFETTERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 37
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 37
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 38
From St Marys
- JOHNNY CECIL WHEELERSpecialist Four · August 23, 1967
- OSCAR K HIGGINBOTHAM JRCorporal · August 15, 1968
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.