WW2 Fallen - George Bailey, 7th Armored Division

PFC George Bailey served with the 7th Armored Division in France.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31600262/george-l_-bailey
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George L. Bailey never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.

If you have enjoyed reading the stories of the WW2 fallen, Can you help write some stories? It's a big project. The more help, the better.  Announcing "The Stories Behind the Stars", see https://www.storiesbehindthestars.org. This crowd-sourced national project has the goal of compiling stories of all 400,000+ of the US World War 2 fallen in one free-to-access central database. We are going to need a lot of volunteers. Anyone visiting a war memorial or gravesite will be able to scan the name of the fallen with a smartphone and his story will appear on the phone.

 

George was born on June 20, 1920 in Augusta, Georgia. His parents John and Mamie were also both born in Georgia. His father worked as a railroad conductor and died in 1933. George had three older brothers. By 1940 George had completed two years of high school and was living with his widowed mother. He worked as a baker.

He was drafted into the army in March 1942. He became a private first class in Company C, 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division. PFC Bailey and the rest of the 7th Armored Division landed on Omaha Beach in mid August 1944. The 7th ID was involved in battles at Chartres, Chateau Thierry, and Verdun in France and Maastricht in Holland for Operation Market Garden.

PFC Bailey was first reported missing on September 6, 1944. On November 29 it was reported that he was killed in action in France on October 15, 1944. The army did not provide the family with additional details surrounding what caused him to be missing or how they finally determined the date of death.

His grave is at Westover Memorial Part in Augusta, Georgia.

Thank you PFC Bailey for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for Joseph.

This is one of the final 100 stories (75) to be written as part of this project which ends on September 2, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. At that time more than 1,370 men and women will have been profiled. The project will live on in an expanded program to write the stories of all 400,000+ US World War II fallen. Visit www.storiesbehindthestars.org to learn more. We welcome your continued support and interest and encourage you to help write some of these stories.

Last year on this date I profiled El Guettar fallen Jack Ball, Darby's 1st Ranger Battalion. You can read about Jack here.

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