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ROBERT BENTON BAILEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1946 – May 16, 1967
Service recordRobert Benton Bailey, of Yreka, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 5
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Yreka, California (Siskiyou County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 5
- GEORGE RICHARD ANNOSSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN BARRYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER BEDNARZPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- LEONARD THOMAS BISHSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
From Yreka
- GARY RONALD RIGGINSCaptain · October 7, 1964
- ROBIN PATRICK MILOVICHCorporal · June 11, 1967
- WILLIAM AARON BERRYCorporal · September 21, 1967
- GARY JOSEPH LANDONSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.