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MARK STEVEN HAILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 10, 1950 – August 5, 1970
Service recordMark Steven Hailey, of High Point, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 85
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
- May 10, 1950
- Home of record
- High Point, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 85
- WILLIAM ANDERSON CRAIGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- MONTE WAYNE FORRESTCorporal · August 5, 1970
- STEVEN THOMAS GRIGGSPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- RONALD WARD HERDSergeant · August 5, 1970
- TERRY JOHN PAYNESergeant · August 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WARD HERDSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 85
- DAVID RAY TOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 86
From High Point
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · November 4, 1965
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- PHILIP OWEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1968
- FLOYD TYRONE SPENCERSergeant · March 11, 1968
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- MILTON EUGENE FLOWERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.