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Gordon Leslie Bailey

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Name	Bailey, Gordon Leslie
Othernames	Gordon F. Bailey
Genealogy ID	61210
Born	12 JUN 1900
Birthplace	Mansfield, Tioga PA
Deceased	27 JUN 1919
Deceased where	At Sea
Cemetery	Prospect Cemetery
Titles & honors	World War One World War One Memorial Wall
Military	World War One
Father	Charles Fremont Bailey or Freeman Bailey
Mother	Nettie Smith
Reference	Obit
Notes	Army Honorably Discharged Navy Served 7 Sept 1918 - death 26 June 1919 BAILEY Gordon L. [SRGP 61210] – Mansfield Sailor Met Accidental Death on U.S.S. Troy. The body of Gordon L. Bailey was sent to Mansfield from Brooklyn for burial, the services being held July 5 at 2 p.m. from the home of his brother, John Bailey, Rev. Norman J. Mecklem, of the Baptist church, officiating, soldier friends of the deceased acting as pallbearers. Gordon L. Bailey was born in Mansfield 19 years ago, a son of the late Freeman Bailey, and besides his mother is survived by three brothers, John, Leon and Ralph. He had had considerable military experience, having been a member of the 19th Cavalry at Ft. Ethan Allen, and the 77th Field Artillery at Camp Selby, Miss. He was honorably discharged from service, but soon afterward enlisted in the navy and went to Great Lakes naval Training Station, afterwards to the battleship Kentucky, serving in the naval line near Brest until the armistice sent most of the fellows home. He was sent to Great Lakes again, and had been expecting his discharge, but instead was assigned to the S.S. Troy, engaged in bringing home troops. On the 20th of June he wrote from Brest that he was on his way over and hoped to receive his discharge soon afterward and be able to come home to care for his widowed mother. On the 26th he met accidental death, from suffocation in a coal bunker, the exact details of which are not yet obtainable. From a notation on the box containing the casket and the fact that there were bruises upon his face and arms, it would seem that the coal in the bunker had become lodged, and he had made an effort to loosen it when it covered him over and in that way caused his death. The note said there was 15 feet of coal in the pit. July 2 - Mrs. Bailey received the telegram announcing his death. – Advertiser. Wellsboro Agitator 16 July 1919
Imagefile	People\Bailey_GordonLeslie.jpg
Relationships	Brothers: John, Leon, Ralph

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