BAILEY FAMILY WILL SHARE PIECE OF VIETNAM WALL REPLICA.Byline: Bettie Rencoret Special to the Daily News LANCASTER - Terry Joe Bailey was 19 days shy of his 19th birthday when he died on April 14, 1971, in Vietnam, saving the lives of other soldiers in his platoon. On the entry wall in her home, Bailey's mother proudly displays her son's medals on red velvet in a shadow box frame: Silver and Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart Purple Heart U.S. medal awarded to those wounded in military action. [Am. Hist.: Misc.] See : Bravery and the Army Commendation for Valor valor a rodenticide no longer marketed because of toxicity in horses causing dehydration, abdominal pain, hindlimb weakness, inappetence, fishy smell in urine. Called also N-3-pyridyl methyl N1-p-nitrophenyl urea. . ``We think of him all the time,'' said his mother, Jean Betts. ``There isn't a day that goes by that we don't miss him.'' Terry Bailey will be remembered again by more than his family: A panel from a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial, war memorial in Washington, D.C., built 1982. Designed by the American sculptor and architect Maya Ying Lin, it is a sloping, V-shaped, 493-ft (150-m) wall of highly polished black granite that descends 10 feet (3. Wall replica was given to his family when the replica was retired from its role traveling around the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The panel with Terry's name on it is on display this month in the Palmdale Playhouse, part of the civic theater's salute to veterans in conjunction with performances of the Vietnam drama ``A Piece of My Heart A Piece of My Heart is the 18th novel by crime-writer Peter Robinson, published in 2006 and is 16th in the multi award-winning Inspector Alan Banks series. Plot summary .'' ``This panel is not just part of our family history,'' said Terry's older brother Dennis, also a Vietnam veteran This article is about veterans of the Vietnam War. For the French psychedelic musical group, see Vietnam Veterans. Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War. . ``It's part of this valley's history. In this way, Terry represents all of the local men who were lost fighting in Vietnam. We want people to continue to remember them all.'' Terry Bailey was born in Great Bend Great Bend, city (1990 pop. 15,427), seat of Barton co., central Kans., on a bend in the Arkansas River; settled and inc. 1872. It is a trade and shipping center for a wheat and oil region. Alfalfa pellets and farm machinery are manufactured. , Kan., on May 2, 1952, and came to Lancaster with his family in 1955. He graduated from Antelope Valley High School Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. in June 1970 and that September he joined the U.S. Army. On Dec. 7, 1970, he was on his way to Vietnam. Four months later, the young corporal died in an ambush. Crossing a river, his platoon was attacked by Viet Cong Viet Cong (vēĕt` kông), officially Viet Nam Cong San [Vietnamese Communists], People's Liberation Armed Forces in South Vietnam. hidden along the riverbanks. Bailey took the point and opened fire, exposing himself to enemy gunfire to save the other men in his platoon. He was killed in the resulting counterattack Attacking an attacker. Even though a criminal hacker or other agent is attempting to penetrate a security perimeter or damage systems, the counterattack must not violate applicable laws. . ``It was a bloody battle and even the medic medic: see alfalfa. , who went to his aid when he went down, was killed,'' said his father, Wilfred Bailey. ``We went to a ceremony in Long Beach where he was awarded the medals posthumously,'' said his mother. ``It was an emotional experience for us.'' Terry's brother found out while surfing the Internet that the oldest of several traveling replicas of the Vietnam Memorial wall was being retired. He contacted George Palermo, leader of Point Man of Antelope Valley, a Vietnam veterans organization, to see if the family could have the panel bearing his brother's name. ``If they were taking that wall apart, I wanted to know if we could get the portion of it that has Terry's name on it. We didn't want it to be destroyed. We wanted to save it for posterity,'' Dennis Bailey said. Palermo investigated and found out that the panels were being donated to surviving families. The panel bearing Terry's name was the only one left with the name of an Antelope Valley resident, who are believed to number 39 on the wall. Palermo made arrangements for Terry's family to receive it. ``When I saw the wall for the first time,'' said Dennis Bailey, ``I was pretty bitter. Then as I looked at those names, I remembered all the friends I served with, and my brother, who didn't come back.'' ``Standing there, I realized that they weren't alone, he wasn't alone and I wasn't alone with my grief. It was the first time I was able to come to grips with the war and find peace about it,'' Dennis said. When Terry's family heard that Palmdale Playhouse officials were collecting memorabilia from veterans for a display to go with ``A Piece of My Heart,'' they loaned the panel to the theater. ``We wanted to do something with it that would be a kind of memorial to Terry and keep his name where everyone could see it,'' said Dennis. When the play is over, the Bailey and Betts families will take their piece of the wall home, but want it to stay in the public eye. ``We will share it with anyone who wants to see it,'' said Dennis, ``but we prefer to have it be a part of a permanent display in an appropriate place.'' The family is supporting an effort to build a half-scale Vietnam Memorial wall replica for the Antelope Valley. Ultimately, the wall is expected to be kept at the planned Lancaster veterans home. Tax-deductible donations can be sent to the American Red Cross' Antelope Valley Chapter, 2713 E. Ave. P, Palmdale, CA 93550. Menus for the week at the senior life nutrition sites in Lancaster and Palmdale have been announced. All meals include bread, margarine and coffee, tea or milk, for a suggested donation of $2. Monday: Hearty beef stew, corn bread, corn niblets, fiesta coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , pears. Tuesday: Barbecued pork or fish fillet fillet /fil·let/ (fil´et) 1. a loop, as of cord or tape, for making traction on the fetus. 2. in the nervous system, a long band of nerve fibers. fil·let n. 1. , au gratin potatoes, green beans, soup, marinated salad, gelatin gelatin or animal jelly, foodstuff obtained from connective tissue (found in hoofs, bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage) of vertebrate animals by the action of boiling water or dilute acid. with fruit. Wednesday: Mandarin chicken salad, carrot salad, cranberry juice, chocolate cake. Thursday: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, tossed salad, apple juice, ice cream. Friday: Orange glazed chicken, baked potato, mixed vegetables, lettuce salad, banana. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Jean Betts and Wilfred Bailey pose with a photo of their son, Terry Bailey, whose name appears, above, on a replica of the Vietnam Wall. Bettie Rencoret/Daily News Box: MEMORIAL NAMES SOURCE: The Wall-USA |
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