John Howard Bailey

Vietnam War
Unit3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division
RankSergeant U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromDocena Alabama
Date of DeathMay 1 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Sergeant Bailey was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On May 1, 1967, he was being evacuated in a Boeing Sea Knight Cargo Helicopter (CH-46A) when it crashed in the sea offshore South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.