World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
William Preston Bailey
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Wilmington, California
Honored By
Leone A. Bailey
Relationship
Wife
SERVED DECEMBER 11,1941 TO DECEMBER 15, 1945 ABOARD THE USS RAMAPO AO-12 TANKER AND THE USS WILLOUGHBY AGP-9 PT TENDER. OPERATED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND PHILIPPINES. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF AND THE LIBERATION OF THE POW CAMP IN KUCHING, BORNEO.