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PFC Wayne Eldon Bailey

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PFC Wayne Eldon Bailey Veteran

Birth
White County, Indiana, USA
Death
21 Jan 1945 (aged 21)
Born, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Burial
Buffalo, White County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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PFC. Bailey, Wayne Eldon

Service number: 35247866


Age: 21

Born: July 19 1923, White County, Indiana, USA

Hometown: Not available

Family:

Aaron Clifton Bailey (father)

Sadie Ann (nee Glassford) Bailey (mother)

Sheila Odell Bailey/Abbott (sister)

Ulala Odell Bailey (sister)

John C Bailey (brother)


Rank: Private First Class

Function: Rifleman

Battalion: 48th Armored Infantry Battalion

Division: 7th Armored Division

Company: A

Date of death: January 21, 1945

Status: Killed In Action

Place of death: Born, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium

Spot: Not available


Awards / Commendations:

★ Purple Heart                                                                     

★World War II Victory Medal

★ Combat Infantryman Badge                                              

★ Marksmanship Badge

★ Army Presidential Unit Citation

★ American Campaign Medal

★ Army Good Conduct Medal

★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign              


Buffalo Cemetery

Buffalo, White County, Indiana, USA


Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on March 22, 1944, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Other information:

PFC. Bailey, Wayne Eldon

Service number: 35247866


Age: 21

Born: July 19 1923, White County, Indiana, USA

Hometown: Not available

Family:

Aaron Clifton Bailey (father)

Sadie Ann (nee Glassford) Bailey (mother)

Sheila Odell Bailey/Abbott (sister)

Ulala Odell Bailey (sister)

John C Bailey (brother)


Rank: Private First Class

Function: Rifleman

Battalion: 48th Armored Infantry Battalion

Division: 7th Armored Division

Company: A

Date of death: January 21, 1945

Status: Killed In Action

Place of death: Born, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium

Spot: Not available


Awards / Commendations:

★ Purple Heart                                                                     

★World War II Victory Medal

★ Combat Infantryman Badge                                              

★ Marksmanship Badge

★ Army Presidential Unit Citation

★ American Campaign Medal

★ Army Good Conduct Medal

★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign              


Buffalo Cemetery

Buffalo, White County, Indiana, USA


Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on March 22, 1944, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Other information:



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