THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. May you rest in eternal peace.

Lance Corporal Allen Charles Bailey was the son of Mr and Mrs. Hayden L. Bailey of Omaha, NE. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on April 29,1963 in Omaha, NE. LCpl Bailey was a Marine Machine Gunner, age 20, born August 31, 1945, from Omaha, NE. LCpl Bailey arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein), III MAF, FMFPac. On March 4, Operation UTAH was launched under the command of Task Force Delta in the Son Thinh District of Quang Ngai Province where the Marines would encounter elements of the 21st NVA Regiment. On D-day 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines conducted a helicopter assault near the Chau Ngai complex of villages and was heavily engaged with a regiment of NVA regulars near Hill 50 and Hill 35. Elements of F Company and H Company were overrun but were able to recover and consolidate to a night position near Chau Ngai 4. By the end of D-Day, 2/7 counted 94 enemy KIA and estimated 63 WIA. Friendly losses were 44 KIA and 84 WIA. An additional 20+ persons received minor wounds and were not evacuated. The next day, 5 March, the battle moved to the North and 2/7 cleaned up the battlefields from the day before, recovering the dead, and clearing out caves and bunkers. On March 4, 1966, LCpl Bailey was killed in action dying outright from enemy gunshot wounds. LCpl Bailey is interred at Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska and is honored on the Vietnam Memorial on Panel 05E, Line 099.

DEAR LANCE CORPORAL BAILEY,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A MACHINE GUNNER. SEMPER FI.
HALLOWEEN IS APPROACHING, AND ALL SAINTS AND ALL SOULS' DAYS - THE DAYS WE HONOR THOSE WHO LEFT US. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS GUIDE YOU. REST IN PEACE.

Dear LCPL Allen Charles Bailey, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter