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WILSON PAUL BAILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – August 15, 1970
Service recordWilson Paul Bailey, of Parkin, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 113
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Parkin, Arkansas (Cross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 113
- ORLANDO TORRES-OYOLACorporal · August 14, 1970
- BRUCE DAVID WAGNERCorporal · August 14, 1970
- WARREN CHARLES ANDERSONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1970
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER BECKERFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1970
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.