This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bailey, Ehrke, Gillespie, Werner, Shelton, Ford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ei.2ADI/2254.1 Message Board Post: Paul E. Bailey Ensign United States Navy Reserve Service Number 0-306422 South Bend – St. Joseph County – Indiana DOD October 12, 1944 Missing or Buried at Sea His name is honored on the “Tablets of the Missing” at Manila American Cemetery - Philippines Purple Heart Ensign Paul E. Bailey, age 20, of 224 North St. Peter Street, was killed while serving as a fighter pilot on a carrier in the South Pacific. His mother, Mrs. Frances N. Ehrke, has been notified by the War Department telegram. Overseas since January 1944, he was on Atlantic duty for six months before being transferred to the Pacific Theater. Ensign Bailey was a member of the John Adams High School football team before graduating with the 1942 class. He entered the naval V-12 program in July 1942 and was employed by the Oliver Farm Equipment Company before being called. Surviving besides his mother are a step-father, Ervin Ehrke; and two brothers, Marine Corporal Charles F. Bailey, on Guam and Seaman First Class Bernard Bailey at Great Lakes, Illinois. We have found the following reference at the Indiana State Library website; World War II database. We do not have the information because we do not have access to the microfilms here in the Philippines but we are hoping for some help from our posting. Our goal is to find the families of Indiana servicemen and present them with free photographs of their loved one’s grave sites or their names as they appear on the “Tablets”. This information will increase our chances of finding the families. Please help us! References: South Bend Tribune Friday, November 3, 1944 Paul E. Bailey Killed in Action Indianapolis Star November 4, 1944 Casualty Page 18, Column 5