Military related information:
Service Number -3767539
Enroute to Europe from Camp MacArthur September Automatic Replacement Draft. Company #23 INF.
Company L, 1st Platoon
30 November 1918 Company Roster; Listed as joined Nov. 2nd.
Company L Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. Joined Nov 2nd. - Company Roster December 1918 A.E.F. Junglinster, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster January 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster February 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster March 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster April 1919 A.E.F.: Listed as Private.
Company Roster: BAILEY William T-1918

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps unknown
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Post War Occupations / Bio:
Born August 10, 1893 at Bernie, Missouri. Farmer (1917) See WWI Draft Registration.
Manifest to France: Mother, Arzilla LIGENS, Brosley, Missouri; probably Broseley. NOTE: See below 1920 Census which lists William's siblings surnames LIGONS which is Arzilla's maiden name.
Manifest to USA: Mother, Arzilla LIDGENS, Brosley, Missouri. (Note surname spelling change.) |
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Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location
Died August 3, 1978, Born January 10, 1893.
FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/222460595/william-truman-bailey

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Miscellaneous:
United States, Census, 1920. Ash Hill Township, Butler, Missouri, United States
Parents John D Hodge, Arzilla Hodge
Siblings Cecil Ligons, Thedore Ligons, Leora Ligons, Robert Ligons, Anna Ligons
Brosley, Missouri 2020 population was 163. Community founded in 1915. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broseley,_Missouri
WWI Draft Registration:

WWII Draft Registration:

Married, at age 24, in 1917 to Julia ROARK age 13. View Application to Marry. Note: In 1920, Julia, age 16, married Lee FREEMAN. Julia's father gave concent. Assumption is that she deserted Willaim T. View Documentation.
Married, at age 28, in 1921 to Tessie Beatrice MARLER age 15. View Documentation. |
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