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MICHAEL A BAILEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 3, 1945 – May 12, 1968
Service recordMichael A Bailey, of Urbana, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (61A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Urbana, Ohio (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 29
- STEVEN GLENN ABBOTTFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- PAUL GILBERT ALANIZ JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GARY LEE ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1968
- DONALD KEITH BAKKIEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- DANIEL JOHN TABABOO JRCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 14
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 15
From Urbana
- CARL RICHARD DAGGERCorporal · May 17, 1968
- WETZEL LONNIE ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- DONALD DALE HALLCorporal · June 7, 1970
- LESTER EUGENE PARKERPrivate First Class · June 30, 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.