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TERRY JOE BAILEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 2, 1952 – April 14, 1971
Service recordTerry Joe Bailey, of Lancaster, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 122
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 2, 1952
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 122
- ALTON REESE ROBERTSSpecialist Five · April 13, 1971
- ELMER TIM ROSSSergeant First Class · April 13, 1971
- LAMAR LONGO WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 13, 1971
- RENE AUGUST ZIMMERLEPrivate First Class · April 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROY RAY HALLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 123
- ABRAHAM POWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 124
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 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.