Lee Roy Bays
KIA February 16, 1967
SGT - E5 - Army - Regular
4th Infantry Division
Age: 31
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of birth: July 3, 1935
Home: Olivehurst, CA
Religion: Protestant
Marital status: Married
Length of service 6 years
His tour began on Dec 12, 1966
Casualty was on Feb 16, 1967
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
Panel 15E - Line 38
Awards and Decorations:
Silver Star Medal
Purple Heart Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Sharpshooter Qualification - Rifle
Regulars By God
Deeds Not Words
SGT Lee Roy Bays ( on left ) and Daniel Coleman in Vietnam
Citation for the award of the Silver
Star Medal
to SGT Lee Roy Bays
The grave marker for SGT Lee Roy Bays
We remember you, lost but not forgotten, love forever and a day
Your Mom, Thelma
Burbank
Brother Larry Bays
Sister Janet Leona Madison
Sister Rene'e Broomfield
8 August, 2008
Point of Contact for this memorial is his brother Larry Bays,
5185 Western Avenue Olivehurst, California 95961
Cell Ph 530 844 0242
8 August 2008
The 1st Battalion website is grateful to Bob
Harik
for the above photos and information
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