Paul Richard Bailey (1929 - 1950)

Born 14 Oct 1929 in Boyers, Butler County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died 20 Oct 1950 at age 21 in Pyongyang, 38th parallel, North Korea

Biography

This profile is part of the Bailey Name Study.

PFC Paul Bailey served in the United States Army in the Korean War
Service started: 1950
Unit(s): 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, United States Army, Korean War
Service ended: Oct 20,1950

PFC Paul Bailey was was a Prisoner of War during Korean War.

PFC Paul Bailey died while a prisoner of war in the Korean war during Korean War.

Private First Class Bailey was a member of the 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950. He was marched north as part of the Death March, then murdered by his captors on October 20th, at Sunchon. His remains were recovered in Operation Glory in 1954. Final Disposition Date: October 20, 1950.

Sources

BURIAL Sunset Hill Memorial Park Cranberry, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Created by: Cindy Ruditis Added: 21 Sep 2012 Find A Grave: Memorial #97493830

The Whitehills in America (Heroes and Heroines) written and edited by Samuel Milliken Whitehill, Jr., Patricia Whitehill Halter, and Cassius Furman Whitehill, Jr. (Family Heritage Publishers) p. 247

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ7Z-S4W : 14 March 2018), Garth Bailey, Clinton Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-4, sheet 9B, line 50, family 184, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3616.