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MICHAEL WILSON BAILEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1949 – January 29, 1969
Service recordMichael Wilson Bailey, of Star City, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Star City, Arkansas (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 11
- CARL DALE PIPHERSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- PHILIP ALON TRITSCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- LAVALLE WALKERPrivate · January 28, 1969
From Star City
- CHARLES WHITESpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- SAMMY RAY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 2, 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.