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Personal info

Full name
BAILEY, Donald H
Date of birth
6 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Louisiana
Hometown
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
6262187
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hammeln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 18 16

Immediate family

Members
Edward M. Bailey (father)
Minnie L. (Grimes) Bailey (mother)
Louis Bailey (sister)
Donnie Bailey (brother)
Tasca G. Bailey (sister)
Syble Bailey (wife)
Janice M. Bailey (daughter)

More information

Pfc Donald H. Bailey attented high school for two years and was a welder before he enlisted in Tyler, Texas on 20 January 1944.

He was first buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 11 April 1945. He was disinterred on 6 August 1948 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 10 August 1948. He was given his final resting place on 12 January 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Patsy Miller