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LORING M BAILEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1945 – March 15, 1970
Service recordLoring M Bailey JR, of Stonington, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 129
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Stonington, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 129
- JOHN JAMES ILLINGWORTHCorporal · March 14, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD RUSSCorporal · March 14, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- RONALD LEE BIEGERTSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- TIMOTHY ZANE BORDENCorporal · March 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLMER ARDEN MATSONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 131
- ROBERT ABBOTT WOODStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 2
From Stonington
- JOHN MATHEW AINSWORTH JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ALLAN LOMBARD DUNNING JREnsign · October 19, 1973
- JOHN W RYONMaster Sergeant · November 21, 1972
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.