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Last Rank
Seaman 1st Class
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Primary Unit
1944-1945, 113X, USS Missouri (BB-63)
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Service Years
1941 - 1945
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Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Spanish Main
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
Panama Canal
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Last Photo |
Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth 1927 |
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Eugene Claude Ipox, Jr., TM1
to remember
Bailey, John Bruce, S1c.
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Contact Info
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Home Town Madison County |
Last Address Marshall, North Carolia
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Date of Passing Oct 24, 2012 |
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Location of Interment Bowman-Rector Cemetery - Marshall, North Carolina |
Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified |
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Last Known Activity Mr. John Bruce Bailey
Visitation |
5-7pm Saturday, October 27, 2012 at Madison Funeral Home |
Funeral |
11am Sunday, October 28, 2012 in the Chapel of Madison Funeral Home |
Interment |
Bowman-Rector Cemetery |
Age |
84 |
John Bruce Bailey, 84, of Marshall, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012.
Mr. Bailey was born December 27, 1927 in Madison County. He attended Mars Hill College until he enlisted in the Navy. John was stationed at Pearl Harbor on the USS Missouri and was present on the ship when the Armistice Treaty was signed by Japan.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Willis and Alva Merrill Bailey; brother, Charles Bailey who died while serving his country as a Airborne Ranger in the US Army during the Korean conflict; and his sister, June Maccoli.
Surviving are his sisters, Hilda Frisby of Asheville and Sandra Sams of Marshall; four nieces and a nephew.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, October 28, 2012 in the chapel of Madison Funeral Home with Reverend Sam Adams officiating. Burial will follow in Bowman-Rector with Military Honors conducted by Mars Hill VFW Post 5483.
The family will receive friends from 5 – 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
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From Year
1945 |
To Year
1945
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People You Remember USS Missouri BB-63
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Memories 8 Jun 1945 USS Missouri bombarded Kyushu, Japan.
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