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Personal info

Full name
BAILEY, Robert Lee
Date of birth
21 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Hometown
Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
O1018767
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
Landau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 22 24

Immediate family

Members
William J. Bailey (father)
Minnie L. (Jones) Bailey (mother)
James L. Bailey (brother)
Mary V. Bailey (sister)
Mildred T. Bailey (sister)
Alice L. Bailey (sister)
Mary (King) Bailey (wife)

More information

2nd LT Robert L. Bailey attended Davidson College for one year and was a manager at the Lenoir Furniture Corporation.

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 30 November 1942 before he was sent overseas in December 1944.

He is remembered at the Oakwood Cemetery in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Alvin Simpson / Liz Olmstead, www.newspapers.com – The Charlotte Observer North Carolina 28 July 1945, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – B24CoPilotNiece / Alvin Simpson