Name: Walter P Bailey
First Name(s): Walter P
Last Name: Bailey
Place of birth: Alabama, Montgomery Cnty,
Rank: Cpl
ASN: 34804317
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Unit: 275th AFAB 7th AD
Reported as: KIA
Date of incident: 21-12-1944
Place of incident: Hinderhausen
His story: The 275th Armored Field Artillery Battalion saw one of its most important engagements at Hinderhausen, Belgium on December 21, 1944. They suffered 4 men and one officer killed in action and suffered many more casualties in wounded and missing.
Despite continuous bad weather, which prevended observation planes and Air Corps from rendering support, their Howitzers continued to account for a heavy toll of enemy dead and equipment.
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