BAILEY, JOHN HOWARD

Name: John Howard Bailey
Rank/Branch: United States Marine Corps/E5
Unit: M3/5 1 MAR DIV
Date of Birth: 05 July 1947
Home City of Record: Docena AL
Date of Loss: 01 May 1967
Country of Loss: South Vietnam over water
Loss Coordinates: 153013 North 1085408
Status (in 1973): Killed in Action/Body not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH46A
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno:

Other Personnel in Incident: Corfield, Stan L.; [Passengers] Bailey, John
H.; Dillworth Jr., Earl,; Gaughan, Roger C.; Guajardo, Hilario H.; Lipton,
Joseph P.; Smith, Carl A.; Soulier, Duwayne

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. Updated 2003 - see below for source.  2020

REMARKS:

CACCF notes John Bailey was "non" aircrew and died when the helicopter
he was being evacuated in, crashed offshore in Military Region 1.
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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:34:28 -0500
From: Jerry Ostapowicz <jostapwicz@comcast.net>
USMC/Vietnam Helicopter Association
Subject: Info on Corfield, Stanley L., et al             

Incident Date 670501 HMM-165 CH46A #150268

[Crew]
Corfield, Stan Leroy SSGT Gunner HMM-165 670501

[Passengers]
Bailey, John Howard SGT Pass HS,.M./3/5,1stMarDiv 670501
Dillworth Jr., Earl LCPL Pass,1stMarDiv 670501
Gaughan, Roger Conrad CPL Pass 3/5,1stMarDiv 670501
Guajardo, Hilario H PFC Pass HS,1/5,1stMarDiv 670501
Lipton, Joseph Price LCPL Pass 670501
Smith, Carl Arthur LCPL Pass Co.B./1stSupportBn 670501
Soulier, Duwayne PFC Pass HQ,7thCommBn,1stMarDiv 670501  

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BAILEY JOHN HOWARD : 2128311 : USMCR :SGT : E5 : 0311 : 19 : DOCENA : AL :
19670501 : Air Loss Crash Sea : Passenger : body NOT recovered : Offshore -
Military Reg 1 : 02 : 19470705 : Cauc : Protestant / single : 19E : 003
CORFIELD STAN LEROY : 1683185 : USMCR :SSGT : posthumous promotion : E5 :
6341 : 26 : GALLUP : NM : 19670501 : Air Loss Crash Sea : Crew : body NOT
recovered : Offshore - Military Reg 1 : 08 : 19400825 : Cauc :
Protestant/married : 19E : 004

DILLWORTH EARL JR : 2224346 : USMCR : LCPL : E3 : 0311 : 21 : SHEFFIELD : AL
: 19670501 : Air Loss Crash Sea : Passenger : body recovered :Offshore -
Military Reg 1 : 01 : 19450607 : Negro : Protestant/married : 19E : 004

GAUGHAN ROGER CONRAD : 2117503 : USMCR : CPL : E4 : 0311 : 20 : BELCHERTOWN
: MA : 19670501 : Air Loss Crash Sea : Passenger : body NOT recovered :
Offshore - Military Reg 1 : 02 : 19460624 : Cauc : Roman Catholic/single :
19E : 005

GUAJARDO HILARIO H : 2313507 : USMCR :PFC : E2 : 0351 : 19 : SAN ANTONIO :
TX : 19670501 : Air Loss Crash Sea : Passenger : body NOT recovered :
Offshore - Military Reg 1 : 00 : 19471201 : Cauc : Roman Catholic/single :
19E : 005

LIPTON JOSEPH PRICE : 2243718 : USMCR : LCPL : E3 : 0311 : 18 : FLORAL PARK
: NY : 19670501 : Air Loss Crash Sea : Passenger : body recovered :
Offshore, South Vietnam : 01 : 19490203 : Cauc : Protestant / single : 19E :
006

SMITH CARL ARTHUR : 2184978 : USMC : LCPL : E3 : 1381 : 21 : ATTICA : NY :
19670501 : Air Loss Crash Sea : Passenger : body NOT recovered : Offshore -
Military Reg 1 : 01 : 19460405 : Cauc : Roman Catholic/single : 19E : 007

SOULIER DUWAYNE : 2201329 : USMCR :PFC : E2 : 0351 : 20 : MILWAUKEE : WI :
19670501 : Air Loss Crash Sea : Passenger : body NOT recovered : Offshore -
Military Reg 1 : 01 : 19461231 : Cauc : Roman Catholic/single : 19E : 008

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Comments on Incident:
Medevac mission went down with medevacs aboard off hospital ship.


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SGT JOHN HOWARD BAILEY

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On May 1, 1967, a CH-46A Sea Knight (bureau number 150268) carrying seventeen on board that included crew members and passengers, was on a medical evacuation flight to the hospital ship, the USS Sanctuary (AH 17), when it crashed for unknown reasons and into the sea off the coast of South Vietnam. The aircraft wreckage quickly sank, but search and rescue efforts rescued nine survivors and also recovered the remains of two others killed in the crash. However, one crew member and five passengers were not recovered.

Sergeant John Howard Bailey, who entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Alabama, served in Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He was a passenger on this helicopter when it crashed on May 1, 1967. He could not be recovered, and he remains unaccounted-for. Following his loss, the U.S. Marine Corps posthumously promoted Cpl Bailey to the rank of Sergeant (Sgt). Today, Sergeant Bailey is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

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