"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5YM-F29 : 22 August 2020), Lewis Bale, Jun 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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Bale-859 and Bale-862 appear to represent the same person because: no source records I examined list a "Jenie Bale", a male born to this family in 1902, other than Lewis Bale. I did see one census record that mis-transcribed his sister's, Irene's, name as "Lenie." It is most likely that this name has been added in error, but definitely needs more investigation.