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WILLIAM EUGENE BAILEY
Captain · U.S. Army
December 6, 1943 – March 10, 1971
Service recordWilliam Eugene Bailey, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 34
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 36 MACV
- Born
- December 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 34
- ROBERT JOHN SCHOENHOFFCorporal · March 9, 1971
- BRUCE WOHLRABSpecialist Four · March 9, 1971
- BRUNSON A DERRICK SRSpecialist Five · March 10, 1971
- DALE MICHAEL MOZDZENCorporal · March 10, 1971
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.