Kenneth Armour Bailey was born on February 28, 1896 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, son of C. Weston and Sara Armour Bailey. Bailey began his military career with the American Field Service. He enlisted in June, 1917, and was assigned to Section Seventy, which left for the front, July 15, 1917. After a summer spent in the recently evacuated country around Noyon and in active participation in the Battle of Malmaison on the Chemin des Dames, he was transferred with most of the personnel of this Section to S. S. U. 636 under the U. S. Army Ambulance Service.

In April, 1918, he was recommended for the American Officers' Artillery Training School at Saumur, France, and received the appointment. Here he made rapid progress and was graduated with honors, receiving his commission as Second Lieutenant on July 10, 1918. Eight days later, he was assigned to Battery B of the 102d Field Artillery and was sent immediately into position near Château-Thierry. From then until his death, he was killed in action, on October 9, 1918. He is now buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA.
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