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BAILEY, James C - Date of
birth
1908 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Maryland, Otsega County, New York -
Hometown
Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
42113772 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
27 November 1944 - Place of
death
South of Gut Merberich, Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 12 | 21 |
Immediate family
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Members
Leonard H. Bailey (father)
Anna L.G. (Hunt) Bailey (mother)
Edna A. Bailey (sister)
Ethel Bailey (sister)
Levere L. Bailey (brother)
Edith L. Bailey (sister)
Leonard H. Bailey (brother)
Grace Bailey (sister)
Everett J. Bailey (brother)
Rosella Bailey (sister)
Richard L. Bailey (brother)
Edna (Slater) Bailey (wife)
Elizabeth Bailey (daughter)
Frances Bailey (daughter)
Mildred Bailey (daughter)
Helen Bailey (daughter)
James Bailey Jr. (son)
More information
Pvt James Bailey was employed at the American Locomotive Co. in Schenectady.He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 4 April 1944.
He was killed in action on the same day that his brother Pfc Everett Bailey was wounded while serving with the Third Army.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com Family Trees, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - courtesy of Jasper van Kampen