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PHILLIP RAY BAILY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – March 11, 1969
Service recordPhillip Ray Baily, of Lebanon, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 4
- WILLIAM HOWARD BARKSDALESergeant · March 11, 1969
- DARYL CHARLES BAUERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- JOHN LEE BENDORSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- PERRY LEONARD BOZEMANPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ALLEN DEMBYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 6
- KENNETH MICHAEL FRAINPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 6
- DONALD LEON FOWLERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 7
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 8
- THOMAS POLDINOSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 13
- GEORGE JULIUS SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 16
From Lebanon
- DAVID LYNN MCCONNAUGHEYPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- RONALD PERRY COATESLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- KYLE SMIDDYSergeant · June 26, 1967
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MULLINSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH CHILTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · January 27, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
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.