Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until September 6, 1943, 1 year and 1 day after he went missing as was the custom.
Bailis served as a Ensign, U.S.S. Little, U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in the District Of Columbia prior to the war.
Bailis was declared "Missing In Action" when the Little was hit by a salvo from an enemy ship and sank near Guadalcanal during the war.
Service # 0-165749
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until September 6, 1943, 1 year and 1 day after he went missing as was the custom.
Bailis served as a Ensign, U.S.S. Little, U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in the District Of Columbia prior to the war.
Bailis was declared "Missing In Action" when the Little was hit by a salvo from an enemy ship and sank near Guadalcanal during the war.
Service # 0-165749
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Ens Bailis Mitchell Bell
U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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Ens Bailis Mitchell Bell
1930 United States Federal Census
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Ens Bailis Mitchell Bell
West Virginia, U.S., Births Index, 1804-1938
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Ens Bailis Mitchell Bell
U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985
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Ens Bailis Mitchell Bell
1940 United States Federal Census
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