Robert Murrah Bailey
Served in
World War I, as 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army. Enlisted in the
30th Infantry Division. Transferred to Company A, 114 Infantry
Regiment, 29th Infantry Division after he we commissioned
Second Lieutenant in France. Killed in Action October 12,
1918.
Posthumous Cross Awarded
The State March 19,
1919, page 2, col. 3
Special to The State
Anderson,
March 18 - Oficial notice has been received that Lieut. Robert
Murrah Bailey will be given the post-humous cross for heroism
in action. Lieutenant Bailey was killed at Argonne
Forest, October 12, 1918. This cross will go to his
nearest relative, his mother, Mrs. Will Bailey.
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Grave marker of Lieutenant
Robert Murrah Bailey located in the Westview Section of
Old Silver Brook Cemetery in Anderson, SC - Block G -
Lot 35.
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photo courtesy of
Clemson College
Scroll of Honor |
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Roy Calhoun Griffin
Hometown of
Anderson; Graduated from Clemson College in 1929,
majoring in Agriculture; Served in World War II, Died August
1, 1938.
Derrell Sevier Jones
Hometown of Anderson; Graduated from Clemson College in
1931, majoring in Horticulture; Served in World War ll as a
Sergeant;
Killed in Action in Germany, April 14, 1945
Extract-Anderson Independent April 24, 1945
Sgt. Jones,
35, Dies at Front
Master Sergeant Derrell Jones, 35, who made his home in
Anderson was killed in action somewhere in Germany on April
14. Sgt. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Jones, of
Knoxville. He attended high school in Anderson and then
entered Clemson College, graduating in the class of
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