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TOLLIE BAILEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 21, 1949 – September 7, 1969
Service recordTollie Bailey, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 52
- WILLIE JAMES WASHINGTONPrivate · September 6, 1969
- STEVEN WAYNE WILSONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
- STEPHEN WALTER YOUNGSecond Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BANKSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE PEETZKESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 55
- LARRY TRUMAN SANDERSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 56
- PETER JOHN TROYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 57
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.