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Personal info

Full name
BAILEY, Mason Emory
Date of birth
2 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Jefferson County, Alabama
Hometown
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
44031607
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Steinach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 30 28

Immediate family

Members
Arter M. Bailey (father)
Martha J. (Morgan) Bailey (mother)
Lillie M. Bailey (sister)
John W. Bailey (brother)
Dewey Bailey (brother)
Robert H. Bailey (brother)
Charles W. Bailey (brother)
Rudolph Bailey (brother)
Maggie E. Bailey (sister)
Arter L. Bailey (brother)
Richmond P. Bailey (brother)
Hughes Bailey (brother)
Mollie E. Bailey (sister)
Elna E. (Billings) Bailey (wife)
Jerry R. Bailey (son)

More information

Pvt Mason E. Bailey was employed at the Swan Chemical Company before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 5 September 1944.

He is also remembered at the Acton Memorial Cemetery in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / McCoy Family Tree, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com - Rick & Amp Kat / MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marty Yager / Chase