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Personal info

Full name
BAILEY, Marvin Kenneth
Date of birth
3 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Preble County, Ohio
Hometown
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35895654
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 9 4

Immediate family

Members
William G. Bailey (father)
Daisy C. (Emery) Bailey (mother)
Russel R. Bailey (brother)
Willard S. Bailey (brother)
Freda L. Bailey (sister)
Dorothy M. Bailey (sister)
Mary E. (Felty) Bailey (wife)

More information

Pvt Marvin K. Bailey graduated from Morton High School and was a routeman, employed by the Bailey's Pie Bakery before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 28 September 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

The photo was taken in high school in 1933.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Richmond High School 1933 Pierian Yearbook - courtesy of Kathy McDermott, Palladium-Item - courtesy of Kathy McDermott