Shirley E. Bailey

World War II
Service #35772887
Unit8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
RankPrivate U.S. Army
Entered Service From West Virginia
Date of DeathNovember 29 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Silver Star
Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Pvt. Shirley E. Bailey were accounted for in 2017. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands 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.