U.S Army Specialist Fourth Class Bernard Bailey

Bernard Phillip Bailey was born on April 10, 1948 in Hawthorne, California to Hurbert and Anna Gertrude (Exline) Bailey.

Bailey graduated from South High in 1966. According to researcher, Elissa Davey, “he attended South Bay Christian Church, loved skiing in the winter, surfing in the summer. he drove a yellow VW & loved his family. He worked at a grocery store before going into the Army.”

He was drafted and assigned to Company Trp A, Regiment 10th Cavalry, 1st Sqd, 4th Infantry Division as an Infantry Indirect Fire Crewman. While in action on August 24, 1969 in An Khe, Gia Lai in Binh Dinh Province of South Vietnam he died of burns received in hostile action, alongside with Specialist Five, Larry Shea from Eminence, Kentucky.

Specialist Fouth Class Bernard Bailey received the Purple Heart and is buried at Pacific Crest in Redondo Beach, CA.

“We will remember — every day is Memorial Day. We will pray that we may never add another name to that cold, black wall.”

- Jerry Ronan, Torrance Historical Society Board Member and WWII Veteran