Elwood R. Bailey

World War II
Service #0-010347
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service From Michigan
Date of DeathAugust 25 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of 2nd Lt. Elwood R. Bailey were accounted for in 2017. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at Manila American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.