Hawaii soldier found dead at Texas Army base Staff Sgt. John D.S. Bailey of Haiku. (Source: 1st Armored Division) By HNN Staff | January 17, 2021 at 6:37 PM HST - Updated January 17 at 11:21 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 27-year-old Texas-based solider from Maui was found dead in his on-post residence last week. Staff Sgt. John D.S. Bailey was from Haiku, Hawaii and joined the U.S. Army from Honolulu, Hawaii in January 2013. He was an 11C, Indirect Fire Infantryman and had been stationed at Fort Bliss near El Paso since March of 2019 before his death last Thursday, which is now under investigation.