THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. I am relieved to see yo were returned home after the passage of so many years. May you rest in eternal peace.

John E. Bailey

Distinguished Flying Cross
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Vietnam War
Service: Air Force
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 7th Air Force, Special Orders No. G-315 (April 23, 1966)

CITATION:
SYNOPSIS: Captain John E. Bailey, United States Air Force, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat "V" for heroism while participating in aerial flight in Southeast Asia on 22 February 1966.
See https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/68019

The school picture for John Bailey is from his 1954 senior year at De La Salle High School in Minneapolis. Thanks to John's wife Pat, for leading us to this picture.

On his very first mission on 10 May 1966 while bombing a bridge 15 miles north of the DMZ near Xuan Hoa, NVN, he was lost when his aircraft was hit by enemy ground fire and crashed. The crash site was excavated in July 1995 and in March 1999 John's remains were identified and returned to the USA for burial.

INFO: https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=79526

Major John Edward Bailey, Served with the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, 7th Air Force.