Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 25-Oct-1946
Hometown: New Sharon, Maine
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 31-Oct-1966
Start of tour: 13-Aug-1968
Incident date: 30-Dec-1968
Date of casualty: 30-Dec-1968
Age at death: 22
Cause of Death: Hostile, Died. Killed In Action. Other explosive device. Explosive Device.
George Leroy Bailey died from wounds received while on combat operation when a hostile booby trap detonated.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 808 372
Place of interment: New Sharon Village Cemetery, New Sharon, Maine, USA
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