Name:
Herbert Alvin Bailey
Rank:
Boatswain's Mate First Class
Serial Number:
2297818
Unit:
Mobile Boat Pool #1
Date of Death:
1952-03-18
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Valhalla Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Combat Action Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Republic of Korea War Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal
Comments:
Herbert Alvin Bailey was born on October 4, 1930, in Jefferson County, Alabama. He was the son of Claude Alvin Bailey and Minnie Elizabeth Davis Bailey. He served in the Mobile Boat Pool #1 as a Boatswain's Mate Third Class during the Korean War.
BM3 Bailey was thrown from a Landing Craft Medium and drowned near Chumunjin, South Korea, on March 18, 1952. He is now buried in the Valhalla Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.koreanwar.org