Bailey, Lela Mae

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BAIL.L005

Family/Spouse: Cook, Dewey A.. Dewey was born on 18 Jun 1898 in Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois; died on 1 Nov 1936 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Landreth, Ora Claude. Ora was born on 18 Apr 1889 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois; died on 11 Feb 1976 in Iola, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Christian Home Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: COOK.D008
• _FGRAVE: 105356360
• Military Service: World War II, Technician Fourth Grade, Service Battery, 39th Field Artillery Battalion, United States Army

Notes:

Military Service:
With 6 months and 12 days prior army service, enlisted in the Regular Army and entered active service on December 14, 1945. With the military occupational specialty of Auto Mechanic (014), assigned to and served with Service Battery, 39th Field Artillery Battalion, in the American Theater of Operations. Honorably discharged as a Technician Fourth Grade on November 26, 1946 at the Separation Point, Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Earned the American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2185808

Dewey married Schock, LaVada M. in 1955. LaVada (daughter of Schock, A. and Schmellen, E.) was born on 18 Jul 1931 in Bell Plain Township, Marshall County, Illinois; died on 10 Feb 2012 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois; was buried in 1955 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]