S1 Wilbur Houston Bailey (1919-1941)

S1 Wilbur Houston Bailey Veteran

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22 Dec 1919

Freestone County, Texas, USA

Death

7 Dec 1941 (aged 21)

Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

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Dew Cemetery

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Section B Plot 181

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On December 7, 1941 during the attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor Hawaii, Seaman First Class Wilbur H Bailey was killed in Action aboard the Battleship U.S.S. California BB-44 becoming the first casualty of World War II from Freestone County,

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Seaman 1st class U.S. Navy TX

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Killed at Pearl Harbor stationed on USS California (BB44) Battleship

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John Eugene Bailey

Myrtle Ann Johnson Bailey

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Raymond Arthur Bailey

Leonard Gorand Bailey

Eula F. Bailey

John Lester Bailey

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