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Personal info

Full name
BAILEY, John Henry
Date of birth
10 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Cherokee County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38684045
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Schevenhütte, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 11

Immediate family

Members
Oliver M. Bailey (father)
Rachel M. (Hays) Bailey (mother)
Perry O. Bailey (brother)
J.T. Bailey (brother)
Marjorie Bailey (sister)
Jessie M. Bailey (wife)

More information

Pvt John H. Bailey entered the army April 4 of 1944, receiving his training at Camp Joseph T. Robbinson, Arkansas. He went overseas on 19 September 1944. He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov,
http://home.scarlet.be/~sh446368/home.htm

Photo source: Niek Schoonbrood, www.ancestry.com